I’ve been reading about the financial crisis and happily discovered it’s possible to understand the main outlines if one reads enough. One underlying factor hasn’t been mentioned and that is the interaction of the individual to the collective. We talk about investor relations to the market, or vice versa, but that puts it in terms…

Some news items remind us that despite our problems positive trends continue–It’s easy to look at any news site, listen to news show or read any paper and come away with the sense that the world is falling apart. An yet here and there underneath the troubles and the woes there are telling items: Polio…

I was wrong! And I admit it feels good. Afghanistan did stop fighting on Peace Day–at least most of the country did. And in many areas the quiet became an opportunity for polio vaccinations.There is hope when we least expect it!