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The fall of the Berlin Wall: what a testament to the power of peaceful revolution. Even as a high school student in Kuwait, it was impossible not to be swept up in the emotion, as I watched people clamber to freedom, family and friends for the first time.
And...
Simon Sinek | Posted November 9, 2009 | Business
There is a difference between giving directions and giving direction.
Direction is the far-away destination to which you are heading and directions are the route you will take to get to get there.
As leaders and managers, we often forget the distinction. When we want to tell someone to do...
Mike Ragogna | Posted November 9, 2009 | Entertainment
Bon Jovi - The Circle
From its single "We Weren't Born To Follow" through its closer "Learn To Love," The Circle doesn't overextend or pretend to be anything more than a good Bon Jovi record. Presented here are twelve non-stop anthems whose only mission...
Sara-Ellen Amster, Ph.D. | Posted November 9, 2009 | Media
Most troubled newspapers have tried to stay afloat by squeezing out every cent they can from newsrooms with staff layoffs and buyouts and by reducing newshole so that local papers are stuffed with wire stories.
But The San Francisco Chronicle is taking the opposite approach beginning Monday to attract more...
Shannyn Moore | Posted November 9, 2009 | Politics
I spent a lot of time in a small Alaskan church. I'm glad I did. It helps me interpret Palin's evangelical dog whistles.
The title: "The Pelosi Bill Was Rammed Through on Saturday, But Sunday's Coming."
Seems harmless to a casual reader, but to the evangelicals? Instant salivation. During sermons...
Today's your last chance to win a million bucks. The clock is ticking.
Don't throw your money away on a lottery ticket. Instead just write, shoot and submit a Super Bowl XLIV commercial for Doritos by midnight central time today (Monday, November 9th.)
If you make...
Sarah van Gelder | Posted November 8, 2009 | World
What brought about the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago?
Some argue that it was the Cold War and the escalation of military spending that was just too costly for the Soviet empire to maintain.
If that was the case, that should be a cautionary tale...
Yoani Sanchez | Posted November 8, 2009 | World
After an attack there are certain myopics who blame the victim herself for what happened. If it is a woman who has been raped, someone explains that her skirt was very short or that she strutted provocatively. If it is a robbery,...
Dan Dorfman | Posted November 8, 2009 | Business
Hallelujah! The latest jobs numbers, though pretty darn ugly, are beginning to throw off some hopeful signs.
If you're skeptical, that's legitimate, since companies continue to chop their work force big time. The latest is Johnson & Johnson, which plans to slash 8,000 jobs. Further, Friday's release of October job...
Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted November 8, 2009 | Politics
The horrific shooting at Fort Hood, Texas -- that left 13 dead and 30 wounded -- allegedly by Nidal Malik Hasan, a disgruntled yet devout Army psychiatrist, puts the spotlight back on the lone-wolf offender who sits at the crossroads of crime, terrorism and mental distress.
Philip N. Cohen | Posted November 8, 2009 | Living
As long as same-sex couples can't get married, research can't tell us much about what same-sex marriage will be like -- especially how legal recognition might affect their social legitimacy in the eyes of others, as well as their commitments and investments as partners and parents. The main...
Will Durst | Posted November 8, 2009 | Politics
For liberals, Election Day '08 was the marriage of hope and opportunity. Election Day '09: not so much. More like a summons from a partner's divorce lawyer to give a deposition. After regaining statehouses in both Virginia and New Jersey, Republicans are fighting amongst themselves to see who can grab...
Marcia Angell, M.D. | Posted November 8, 2009 | Politics
Well, the House health reform bill -- known to Republicans as the Government Takeover -- finally passed after one of Congress's longer, less enlightening debates. Two stalwarts of the single-payer movement split their votes; John Conyers voted for it; Dennis Kucinich against. Kucinich was right.
Conservative rhetoric notwithstanding, the...
Reese Schonfeld | Posted November 8, 2009 | Politics
As New York residents know, ever since Governor Spitzer got caught in the wrong hotel room, Albany has been in turmoil. The latest tempest involved the 23rd Congressional district where, to the astonishment of the political establishment, the Republican candidate was forced out of the race because of her positions...
Robert Kuttner | Posted November 8, 2009 | Politics
What a long, strange year it's been since Election Night 2008. Whatever this administration has represented so far, it has not yet delivered change we can believe in.
We need a radical break with Wall Street, and we got the politics of prop up and bail out -- with the...
Alan Schram | Posted November 8, 2009 | Business
In a global financial system, the collapse or even perceived weakness of a large economy such as Japan would be catastrophic. And Japan is not doing well. For a while now it has been coasting towards a crisis, flirting with its own financial ruin.
One way to...
Scott Campbell | Posted November 8, 2009 | Entertainment
A band composed of four teenage YouTubers has released an entirely-crowdsourced single.
19-year-old Charlie McDonnell joined forces with three other teenage YouTube users to take part in a BBC Switch project named 'ChartJackers', in which they are attempting to break in to the UK chart in an unorthodox style; they...
Scott Mendelson | Posted November 9, 2009 | Entertainment
As expected, Disney's A Christmas Carol opened at number one over the weekend. If the opening weekend number of $31 million feels...
Steve Clemons | Posted November 8, 2009 | Politics
Richard Wolffe wrote in his Obama campaign memoir that the president sees most of his challenges in basketball metaphors and that he's turned on by nail-biting contests when he, Barack Obama, can switch things up in the contest and come in to make the key decisions and plays...
Carol Hoenig | Posted November 8, 2009 | Books
Immediately after reading Irene Vilar's memoir, Impossible Motherhood: Testimony of an Abortion Addict, I closed the book and went to my bedroom to take an afternoon nap. I needed to escape; however, no sleep came, my mind rolling over Vilar's tragic story. When I was asked to review this...
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Queen Rania of Jordan | Posted November 9, 2009 | World