Is GDP really the indicator we should be looking at to compare America with other countries? While GDP might be the best indicator for measuring the health of a country's corporations, profits can be transferred offshore.

We need a better measure for the standard of living within countries themselves....

This article first appeared in OpEdNews November 4th, 2012

GREEK CITIZENS who fail to vote run into problems getting passports or drivers licenses. Australia also imposes strict penalties if a citizen aged 18 years or older does not get off the couch and vote.

Voting is compulsory in over...

Sharing stories after Hurricane Sandy, singer-songwriter Haale Gafori said, "I like how hurricanes bring neighbors together. One of ours just knocked on the door nd said, 'building-wide potluck at 6:00 p.m.' First time that's ever happened in this building, the sweet upside of natural disasters."

Amidst people...

People are asking why they should vote when the system doesn't seem to work. The few political parties we have look alike. Unemployment is higher than reported. The government bails out industry and hands it back to the banks.

But what...

Massive cuts have left staggering job creation opportunities in an overlooked sector of the economy: Quality. Opportunities for increased profit abound in manufacturing and service industries, from headhunting to rental cars, through quality improvement.

Remember the old adage; it's the tortoise, not the hare,...

When I graduated

My father gave me 15 shares of Schering-Plough stock. It seemed like a rock solid move.

My father was getting older and appreciated the relevance of pharmaceuticals that could only get stronger as we baby boomers ripened into our golden years...

Several career changes later...

People around the globe are celebrating today's International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition and the day that slavery became illegal in the Western world.

"Some people might not wanna remember!?" says Salah Hassan on a Facebook pages for the international day....

First published in the European Daily July 21, 2011

An art installation in Helsinki entitled "My Favorite Call Girl from the People's Republic of China" points out the reality of prostitution for export by China. The art work offers up "lotus blossoms,"...

I felt embarrassed about falling to the rank of slave until I took a look around. Now that I've found out the truth about slavery, I should be relieved to suffer as a metaphor.

What most people don't know is that there are about 27 million slaves -- real...