What better example of American Values than if our president pardoned Edward Snowden on the Fourth of July? While that might send local conservatives to the ER with chest pains, it could prove entertaining. Who can forget the outraged lady who, during a Sonoma Fourth... Continue
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My granddaughter, aged seven, and I were watching an animated movie about a curious fairy who is told by her Fairy Master not tamper with Pixie Dust. She does, of course, and an accident caused by one of her experiments wreaks havoc with the Fairy... Continue
Part of being human is being categorical. This means putting ourselves and things into endless categories, assigning names and establishing hierarchies. Our penchant for fragmenting the nameless whole into named parts and then using these named parts to construct a newly-named whole is deceptively seductive... Continue
"California – the state that had once advertised for more migrant workers – found itself overwhelmed by up to 7,000 new migrants a month, more migrants than they needed… the Los Angeles Police Department sent 136 deputies to the state lines to turn back migrants... Continue
If you filed your tax return by April 15, you can exhale, kick back and wait for your refund – if you’re getting one. Here are some answers to many post tax season questions that most taxpayer have. When will I get my refund? The... Continue
The rise of the Fox News/conservative radio network has challenged the traditional assumptions about the standards for political discourse and the very concept of facts as a basis for political decision-making. The most astute observers of this phenomenon have been comedians like Jon Stewart on... Continue
By the time things get "trendy" they've become clichéd, and as we all know the hallmark of a cliché is its loss of authenticity and meaning. Having become a mere trope of its former self, a craze quickly wears itself out and fades away, destined... Continue
In 2011, “Time” declared the sharing economy as one of the “10 Ideas that will change the world,” and titled their article, “Don’t Own. Share.” The sharing economy would engender a sense of community, create “meaningful human connections” and even produce a biological “spike” of... Continue
One of the most frightening, yet exciting, phone calls or emails a nonprofit leader can get is from a prospective funder, such as a foundation, giving circle, service club, or government agency, requesting a site visit. After a nonprofit organization submits a grant application to... Continue
The largest single demographic generation in the history of America, the 75-million strong baby-boom population is now entering it's final 20-year run. Avid consumers, boomers have fueled our economy at each stage of its varied history; as post-world-war-two children we prompted an elementary school building... Continue