Though we haven’t yet seen the complete implosion of the nonprofit sector since Wall Street collapsed last year, the philanthropic sector is bracing for increasingly bigger hits. In addition to […]
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“Facebook is going to try to be a monopoly, why would it not?” asks Columbia University law professor and information monopoly expert Tim Wu. “Fortunately, it’s a monopoly of social […]
Big Think and the Berkman Center present a live stream debate on the future of digital monopolies.
Next week, the fifth Summit of the Americas will be convened in Trinidad and Tabago. The quadrennial event will represent Pres. Obama’s South American debut and, some will say, a […]
Oenologists and discerning winos alike are looking at a disappointing vintage out of southwest France this year. Abnormal weather patterns, a currency imbalance and an increasingly shunned elitist tag are […]
My idea of success in the business world with a strong structure of education,work ethic and intelligence.
My idea of a newly reformed educational system in America. The concept of a redesigned I.Q. and SAT tests to acknowledge the multiple intelligences.
The Search engines rule the web world. Are you visible or not? Just getting started with making your web presence. Hold your Place and make your online Presence with set of social networking participation.
When given only two very bad impulses to guide human behavior, which one would smart people choose? Times Columnist David Brooks answered the question by wading into the battle of […]
In the largest health care study ever undertaken, researchers from Harvard and Princeton have given high marks to Mexico’s most comprehensive health care program, Seguro Popular, for providing care to […]
Obama and Medvedev’s entente at the G-20 produced the most fruitful conversation in years on how to reduce the 24,000 nuclear weapons siloed in the US and Russia. Nuclear energy, […]
During the G20 meeting in London! Thought, Pre. Obama still does not have the flash as if the Oxford-debating club- trained British Politician in answering question, he has the oriental Zen power-he can speak like” I come to learn and listen not lecture!” This wisdom of Zen opens the mind of human being to dialogue.rnrn Luckily, we have him to lead us through this Recession. Yes! WE CAN!rn
If managers are questioning the value of social networking on company time—because it’s just another profit-draining distraction—MIT and IBM Research have some news that could change their minds. A study […]
No one is suggesting that baseball box scores should flash on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. But who would have thought baseball would become a leading economic […]
Yesterday was World Health Day, and we would be remiss to let it pass without mentioning what is perhaps the most determined team of doctors in the world, the group […]
The movement to harness technology to democratize American democracy is gaining traction. Is that a good thing? During the heated presidential campaign of 2008, the CNN/YouTube debate proved so popular […]
North Korea Central News Agency said Sunday’s launch of a Kwangmyongsong-2 satellite over the Sea of Japan was nothing more than an effort to broadcast patriotic songs from space to […]
As the nation deals with an epidemic of mass shootings, have the problems of gender politics abroad finally come home to roost? In attempt to explain the recent outbreak of […]
Amid all the realignments these uncertain times are causing in our thinking—about our jobs, our world and ourselves—it might be helpful to remember one simple image: a horse wearing blinders. […]
APOE4 is not a genetic variant on the tip of every young person’s tongue. But if you have it, and you’re between the ages of 20 and 35, you may […]
We knew the knowledge gap between creationists and Darwinists in the west was wide. An effort at McGill University now seeks to the understand the position of evolution in the […]
Lines around the building, bodies asleep on their bags, staff looking frazzled and dazed. No, this is not the local Greyhound station, it’s the most recent iteration of your neighborhood […]
One Silicon Valley’s most innovative entrepreneurs on his new Tesla electric car, whether we should bail out the Big Three, and the world’s most powerful laser. If you were CEO […]
Another day, another mainstream media piece that misses the mark on Facebook. I have an idea for my fellow print journalists. Since owners are now secretly colluding to contrive ways […]
It was disappointing to see so many stories about the incomes earned by many top Obama officials in the year before they entered public service, and to watch them go […]