I’m reading a special report from The Economist on entrepreneurship. One of the articles, The United States of Entrepreneurs, discusses how America still leads the world as a setting for spawning entrepreneurship. The reasons span business spirit, management philosophy, and legal…
The economy’s on my mind. Not just the woes of a world economy in free fall. But I’m trying to (re)learn as much as I can about the fundamentals of economics and finance. I’m enjoying the EconTalk podcast these days. I’ve…
Oh, the joys of iTunes. It used to be that I’d dig through crates of CDs to find ones I haven’t listened to in a long time. Now I can just scroll. The point is this: I am loving U2’s…
I love the TED videos. I especially liked Bill Gates’s talk on his philanthropic efforts (in this case, fighting malaria and improving education). Bill’s more engaging as a speaker on these issues than he is talking about software. Thumbs up,…
While reading through a bunch of materials on antibiotic resistance, I came across this recent article on antibiotic-resistant bacterial meningitis: Antibiotic-Resistant Meningitis Reported in U.S. – US News and World Report Worth a quick read.
From the front page of FoxNews.com. Can’t you just smell the “fair and balanced”? The article to which the headline links is here. Happy March!
FRONTLINE recently aired a gripping look at the unfolding of the banking crisis last year. As usual, I feel Frontline does an excellent job of crafting compelling, intelligent journalism. An excellent way to spend an hour–you can watch the whole…
I spent some time of late reviewing some of my writing. As a writer (yes, I can call myself that–these words you read are testament), I come up with all sorts of ideas on a daily basis. Some creative, some…
Back a year ago, I wrote about the inanity of marketing “vitamin” everything. “Vitamin Water” was my pet issue back then. I’m glad to see the issue of vitamin obsession makes the New York Times Health Section: “Countless consumers believe…