The Olympics Are Here to Stay -- And to Pay
The Winter Olympics are off and running, and the media focus is about the threat of terrorism, Putin's motives in holding it, and why a backward town in the old Soviet Union that has been a center of...
View ArticlePaul Ryan Says Obamacare Robs People of 'the Dignity of Work' -- Why Didn't...
Unbelievable. Here's Paul Ryan on the new report from the Congressional Budget Office on Obamacare, which found that gaining access to health insurance would lead to the equivalent of 2.3 million...
View ArticleDo Your Employees Think You Play Favorites? Three Ways to Tell
As a manager, do you play favorites at work? Probably not, but the actions you take may leave employees thinking otherwise, according to a recent report by the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB)....
View ArticleMichael Sam: The Practical and Legal Implications of a Gay Professional Athlete
Six years ago, I wrote a scholarly article for the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business and Employment Law. The article, entitled "Not That There Is Anything Wrong With That: The Practical...
View ArticleTurkey's Fading Democracy
Not long ago, Turkey was considered a model of constitutional democracy in the Middle East. For this reason, President Obama chose Turkey as his first majority-Muslim destination. But this 90-year old...
View ArticleMichael Sam -- An Inspiration to All
Fighting for equality is never an easy thing. To challenge discriminatory policies or change people's pre-conceived ideas is perhaps one of the most difficult things to do. While fighting for your...
View ArticleIt Can Happen Again: Covert Government Programs to Discredit Martin Luther...
"Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it." -- George Santayana On October 10, 1963, less than two months after Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream Speech" electrified the nation, US...
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South Africans Reinvent Themselves for the 21st Century
An interview with a candidate on reigniting Mandela's vision Twenty years after the end of apartheid, South Africa seems to be at a new crossroad. The country has experienced remarkable change, while...
View ArticleAmerican Crossroads Revs Up Attacks on Dems
By Michael Beckel February 10, 2014 This story was originally published by The Center for Public Integrity, which is a nonprofit, nonpartisan investigative news organization in Washington, D.C....
View ArticleChris Christie: A Vital History Lesson
The public outcry over New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's recent travails is a lesson in how to fast become a nation without purpose, driven by drama and innuendo. It also illustrates how little we...
View ArticleHow to Take Charge of Your Career
Jesse Sostrin is the author of "Beyond the Job Description: How Managers and Employees Can Navigate the True Demands of the Job." He is also a consultant and an executive coach who focuses on...
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I Traveled to Palestine-Israel And Discovered There is no...
The mind has a way of making traumatic experiences seem like distant dreams to those who survive them. As it goes, the more traumatic the experience, the quicker the paramedics in one's mind rush to...
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The Future of Immigration Reform
Last week, John Boehner made a rather stunning turnaround on whether the House will be passing some sort of immigration reform this year. To be snide: First he was for it, before he was against it....
View ArticleHas Obama Already Forgotten About Asia?
Last year was a tough time for President Obama. The health care roll-out was plagued by website malfunctions. His ambivalent approach to intervening in Syria satisfied neither hawks nor doves. Congress...
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Jamie Dimon's Bird in the Hand
Last week, Elizabeth Warren had another one of those moments that reminds all of us who want justice and accountability for Wall Street, and unrigged financial markets for the rest of us, why she is...
View ArticleAn Anti-Immigrant Attack Under the Guise of "Fiscal Responsibility"
Some conservatives in the Senate want to make life more difficult for families like mine in the name of "fiscal responsibility." They want to financially squeeze already struggling low-wage workers and...
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Turkey Is Going Back to the Old Days
My childhood memories are filled with anxiety -- I remember watching my mother's panic when my two older brothers were late coming back from school in the years before the 1980 coup. I wasn't the only...
View ArticlePutting Big Brother in the Driver's Seat: V2V Transmitters, Black Boxes and...
Time to buckle up your seatbelts, folks. You're in for a bumpy ride. We're hurtling down a one-way road toward the Police State at mind-boggling speeds, the terrain is getting more treacherous by the...
View ArticleThe Uniting Principles Glenn Beck Should Have Talked About
Incivility can be fun. It was for Glenn Beck, he recently admitted in a Fox News interview. Looking back on his career at Fox, he apologized for the divisiveness he promoted, wishing that he "could...
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