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Get Busy Committee on Changing the Face of Hip Hop Forever

Jon Chattman | Posted 11.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Linkin Park, Kanye West, R&b, Rap, Apathy, Snoop Dog, Brand Nubian, Throwback, Uzi Does It, Heroin, Scoop Deville, Electro, Overdose, Get Busy Committee, Compliment, The Game, Hip Hop, Society, Old School, Pete Rock & CL, Jay-Z, Google, Alkaholiks, Ryu, Entertainment News
Jon Chattman

Lately, rap has been getting a bad rap because there's no true voice for the hip hop community. That changed last week when the Get Busy Committee dropped their new album Uzi Does It.

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Why Values Trump Rules and Regulation

Dov Seidman | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: HOW Online, Business Ethics, Governance, Crisis Management, Values, Government/Politics, Inspiration, Economy, Society, Triumph, Business News
Dov Seidman

More regulation, and in particular a Consumer Financial Protection Agency, could be a very good thing, but we shouldn't rush to regulation without careful consideration of two key questions.

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The State of the Crime Novel

Jason Pinter | Posted 11.05.2009 | Books

Read More: Book Publishing, Publishing, Publishing Industry, Huffpost Books, Crime, Crime Thrillers, Books, Thriller, Mysteries, Society, Critics, Criticism, Books News
Jason Pinter

I've asked six of the most renowned crime fiction critics in the country to weigh in with their thoughts on the state of the crime novel. I hope you find their responses as interesting as I did.

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Sustainability: It's Not About Light Bulbs

Dov Seidman | Posted 10.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Environment, Business Ethics, Governance, Values, Inspiration, Customer Experience, Corporate Social Responsibility/Sustainability, Economy, Society, Business News
Dov Seidman

We need to reframe and reclaim sustainability to take the term beyond "green" and make it relevant to the work businesspeople do every day.

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Why Democrats Are Losing on Health Care

Thomas Frank | Posted 10.18.2009 | Home

Read More: Epidemics, Lyndon Johnson, E Coli, Barack Obama, New Deal, Swine Flu, Health Care Reform, Wall Street Journal, Society, Democrats, Health Care, Calvinism, Middle Ages, Uncle Sam, Home News
Thomas Frank

If universal health insurance goes down to defeat, Democrats will have to live with the shame of having been beaten by arguments that a novice debater would have no trouble putting down.

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Too Big to Care

Libby Mitchell | Posted 09.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Society, Olive Garden, Restaurants, Family, Manners, Fast Food, Drive Thru, Chain Restaurants, Customer Service, Business News
Libby Mitchell

In a chain restaurant, no one thinks they are accountable for their behavior. Everyone believes they are anonymous, and absorbed into the crowd, and therefore have no real responsibility to behave.

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Why I Don't Want the Recession to End Yet

Dov Seidman | Posted 08.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Environment, HOW Online, Business Ethics, Governance, Crisis Management, Values, Government/Politics, Inspiration, Dov Seidman, Lrn, Society, Corporate Social Responsibility/Sustainability, Economy, Business News
Dov Seidman

Now that there are signs of recovery, there's a part of me that doesn't want things to get too good too fast. We could use some more time to understand what went wrong with our economy.

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Indonesia Tries Honesty Policy to Rebuild Trust

Dov Seidman | Posted 08.17.2009 | Business

Read More: HOW Online, Business Ethics, Governance, Values, Government/Politics, Inspiration, Dov Seidman, Customer Experience, Society, Economy, Business News
Dov Seidman

Nordstrom has a great reputation for customer service because, among other things, the department store trusts people who bring their purchases back to the store and gives them refunds.

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Misplaced Priorities: The Dangers of Celebrity Worship in a Dangerous World

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 08.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Fame, Society, Celebrity, Michael Jackson Death, Entertainment News
Jeff Schweitzer

Modern media have created the false impression that we know our celebrities, but all we really know is an image. We are mourning the creation of our own imagination.

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The Importance Of The Gay Cliche

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 08.01.2009 | New York

Read More: Lesbian, Gays and Lesbians, Gay, Ally McBeal, New York City, New York, Homosexual Rights, Culture, Homosexuals, Homosexuality, Gay Rights, LGBT Rights, Gay and Lesbian Rights, West Village, Society, Gays, Gay Issues, Stonewall, New York News
Michelle Haimoff

Gay stereotypes, in this day and age, are relevant enough to be funny but outdated enough to be innocuous.

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Why the "Right Brain" Idea is Wrong-Headed

Joseph LeDoux | Posted 06.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Thought, Education, Intelligence, Emotion, Empathy, Reason, Brain, Split-Brain, Life Coaching, Intuition, Society, Business, Emotional Intelligence, Mind, Logic, Living News
Joseph LeDoux

Talking about the right brain as the way of the future is a step backwards to a time when intuitive impressions about the brain were all we had.

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Reading Amanda: One Black Man's Burden

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 06.13.2009 | Style

Read More: Harlem, John F. Kennedy, Langston Hughes, Charlie Rose, Jesus, Architectural Digest, James Baldwin, Carter Burden, Mr. And Mrs. Hamilton McKown Twombly, Eartha Kitt, Jane Jacobs, Amanda Burden, Charlie Rangel, The Dakota, Parties, Vanderbilt, New York City, Barack Obama, River House, Robert F. Kennedy, Rezoning, Newport, Lewis H. Michaux, In the Hamptons, Henry Roth, New York Times, Malcolm X, Philip Johnsons, Society, Maya Angelou, Tuxedo Park, New-York-Socialites, Style News
Michael Henry Adams

Reputedly she is known by friends and family as "Ba"; habitually, as a uniform, she sports sober Calvin Klein suits and subsists on tuna or grilled...

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Three Pillars of Sustainability and the Fall of a Nation

Tri Robinson | Posted 06.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Economic, Solomon, King David, Foresight, Economic Crisis, Environment, Pillars of Sustainability, Sustainability, Society, Future, Tree Planting, Global Economic Crisis, Green News
Tri Robinson

Last weekend at a family gathering at our ranch, my parents, now in their early 90s, brought a box of 60 pine tree seedlings. A local home improvement...

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Torture is Treason

Lara M. Gardner | Posted 05.22.2009 | World

Read More: Politics, Terrorism, Freedom, 9/11, Treason, World Trade Center, United States, Society, Torture, World News
Lara M. Gardner

Whether the tortured committed the crime or not becomes secondary to the sympathy felt for the torture victim.

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How We Change: The Impact of the Group On Human Development, Behavior, and IQ

Dan Agin | Posted 04.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Iq, Society, Development, Industrialization, Behavior, Culture, Living News
Dan Agin

There are two major errors that we make when we think about ourselves and the origins of our attitudes and behavior. One error is the myth that human ...

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Buddhist Advice For Tough Times... via Sakyong Mipham

Waylon Lewis | Posted 04.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Fear, Buddha, Charity, Buddhist, Economy, Green, Meditation, Community, Society, Buddhism, Business, Waylon Lewis, Compassion, Living News
Waylon Lewis

When our news is filled with the karmic results of our "Greed is Good!" ways (AIG, Merril Lynch, Madoff and Ponzi schemes), I personally find it helpful to turn back to my Buddhist tradition.

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The Guillotine Hasn't Arrived Here Yet

Vicky Ward | Posted 04.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Ponzi Scheme, Bernard Madoff, Society, Fairfield Greenwich Advisors, Ken Lewis, War on the Rich, Paul Greenwood, Robespierre, Bailout Outrage, Business News
Vicky Ward

The war on the rich is spreading fast. People with money are being scrutinized in a way they never used to be.

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iForget: How the iPhone Killed Memory

Matt Stewart | Posted 04.04.2009 | Style

Read More: Cell Phones, Iphone, Internet, Forget, Sociology, Mobile Phones, Web, Memory, Talk, Society, Cellphones, Communications, Technology, Cell Phone, Style News
Matt Stewart

The iPhone is a gorgeous, near-perfect device that reads minds and moves planets. It's also destroying the traditional concept of memory.

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The Real Crisis? We Stopped Being Wise

TEDTalks | Posted 03.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Social Change, Philosophy, Culture, Politics, Society, Global Issues, Busines, Ted, Tedtalks, Living News
TEDTalks

Barry Schwartz argues powerfully that rules often fail us, incentives often backfire, and practical, everyday wisdom will help rebuild our world.

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Congolese Midwives Struggle To Help Mothers Brutalized By War (SLIDESHOW)

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 03.14.2009 | World

Read More: Women, Maternity, Rape, Society, Midwives, Congo, War, Slideshow, Congo War, Congo Rape, Rape in Congo, Congo Midwives, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

I hate the border crossing from Rwanda into Goma at Gisenyi. It frays nerves and sullies sunny dispositions in a heartbeat. Male street thugs prowl pa...

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Haggling My Way Through the Blues

Vicky Ward | Posted 01.29.2009 | Style

Read More: Layoffs, Holiday Shopping, Society, Economy, Economic Crisis, Style News
Vicky Ward

It's OK to drink, smoke or dope (in moderation). Pot is appearing at the dinner table and no one blanches. In fact if you don't seem like a victim of stress, then you're the one to worry about.

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A Parable about Contributing to the Well Being of Society

Lisa and Michael Littman | Posted 01.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Redistribution, Wealth, Health, Americans, Working Hard, Healthy Habits, Society, Democrats, Hard Work, Republicans, Politics News
Lisa and Michael Littman

As silly as it sounds, I think Republicans truly believe that people wouldn't bother being healthy if they didn't think it was giving them an advantage over their neighbors!

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The Revolution in the Hello

Reverend Billy | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Community Organizing, Logos, Consumerism, Society, America, Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping, Economy, Politics News
Reverend Billy

The dream of being a Consumer was supposed to be a one-way trip. It was the new America and there was no way out -- only the deeper dream.

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Harvard Psychologist Dan Gilbert: Exploring the Frontiers of Happiness

TEDTalks | Posted 01.17.2009 | Living

Read More: How to Be Happy, Psychology, Society, Entertainment, Brain, Happiness, Culture, Living News
TEDTalks

2008-12-18-tedtalk.jpgGilbert says our beliefs about what will make us happy are often wrong -- a premise he supports with intriguing research.

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Big Momma Is In The (White) House

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 01.08.2009 | Living

Read More: White House, First Granny, Michelle Obama, Grandmother, President Obama, Family, Politics, Marian Robinson, Big Mama, Obama, First Grandmother, Barack Obama, Big Mamas, Race, U.S. Presidency, Sasha and Malia, Black Family, Obama Family, African American Family, The Obama Family, African Americans, Society, President Elect Obama, Extended Family, White House Family, Obama White House, Black Family Values, Maya Angelou, Black Community Values, Living News
Yvonne R. Davis

Analyzed as part of the multi-generational black family, grandmothers have often served as both patriarch and matriarch, guiding the black family through the toils and crises of our time.

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