Every year on this day, tens of thousands of people make the pilgrimage to Omaha, Nebraska to hear two of the worlds richest men discuss everything from cultural trends, to love and marriage, to assigning probabilities to terrorist attacks. Those men are Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger, of course.

Warren...

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"Wind extinguishes a candle and energizes a fire." The first line in "Antifragile" by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

There is something about a book you read on a trip that stays with you. Probably because you are mentally and...

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You want to know what is going on in Boston after the attacks on the town's storied marathon? Check out this message from my friend, former Marine Captain Ryan McGill. He's a thick-necked Beantown rugby player...

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Friends,

In life there are some clear paths that we can walk down today to reach a better place, while others are less clear, dangerous even, yet no less important for us...

Friends,

Washington D.C. is a strange place to be seized by the idea that America's strength rests in small communities and that this strength is powered by our connection to food.

Our capital is the nerve center of big ideas and policy decisions that affect billions of people around the...

Over the past year, the West Coast has taught me a few important lessons -- how to drive on curvy mountain roads while admiring a sunset, how to medicate a burn caused by a face plant on a surfboard, the importance of healthy eating and clean air.

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I spent years taking inventory of the myriad problems facing our country -- from our food deserts, toxic energy systems, crumbling infrastructure, to our disastrous health systems, questionable wars and embarrassingly high unemployment (especially for our combat veterans).

My "light bulb" moment came when I met Marine Corps Veteran Colin...

Dear friend,

If you are reading this, you likely know I left a highly-successful, self-titled show at MSNBC last June in search of meaning and purpose in my work and life. I had lost both after 18 years in Manhattan and the chaos surrounding the hollow political debates permeating America's...

Meet my best teachers. They are advocates of all cultures that learn, teach, model and show how to get more abundant supplies of food, energy, learning and health, along with cultures that cultivate access to opportunity to maximize potential for...

I am thrilled to share this Community Hero Playbook with you featuring some of my most valuable teachers and ask you to help me expand on them.

Community Hero Playbook: Community Restoration

Community Hero Playbook: Energy


Community Hero Playbook: Health
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I left a 15 year career in financial journalism amid the crisis of 2008. I did this to join the traditional cable news ranks with a clear goal of revealing the ruthless truth about our biggest problems and telling the inspiring stories of those who are resolving them despite all...

Pot of Gold

By Dylan Ratigan

Commencement to Union College Class of 2012,

Delivered June 10, 2012

I'd like to thank President Ainlay and Mrs. Judith Gardner Ainlay for hosting me and for their gracious hospitality. I'd also like to thank Mr. Mark Walsh,...

As our nation starts to draw down the wars overseas, over a million vets will be re-entering civilian life over the next five years -- one of the largest in our country's recent history.

This Memorial Day weekend, we are focusing on the next mission facing our war...

Tune in to The Dylan Ratigan Show on MSNBC at 4 p.m. ET for an exclusive look at the transcripts of meetings of top Fed officials during the financial crisis from 2007-2010.

As I told you on Friday, the Huffington Post and The Dylan Ratigan Show got some significant internal...

Last week, I went on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, and I brought a prop -- a weird-shaped lightbulb from Firefly LED Lighting, an Austin-based green tech company. The lightbulb, by taking an approach that dissipates heat through metal sidings instead of concentrating it in the bulb...

This week officials from the Obama administration, the banking regulators, and state Attorney Generals announced a settlement of claims stemming from the financial crisis. The nominal amount put forward as the cost of the settlement is $26 billion, and in return the banks will be released from civil claims on...

Imagine a product so irresistible that most Americans thought they couldn't live without it.  Every President talked of its importance, and it was perceived of as the key to you or your child's future.  There was a limited...

Auction 2012 is a week long series in partnership with The Huffington Post and United Republic.  

Did you know that China controls our food supply? It sounds crazy, but it's true. The food preservative "ascorbic acid", which is used to preserve nearly all the food that is on store...

Auction 2012 is a week long series in partnership with The Huffington Post and United Republic.  

The point of seeing a doctor -- or being one -- should be to improve health.  After all, besides your mother or...

This week, I'm pleased to bring you an important discussion about what we should be talking about this election season. Corruption. The Huffington Post, the Dylan Ratigan Show, and United Republic will be holding a weeklong series on the costs of our bought government. We'll look...