Its use of the kinds of big lies favored by totalitarian regimes is aimed at feeding two reactions: racism among its supporters and terror among its victims in Gaza. – 2014/08/03 Source: m.truthdig.com Continue reading

I have seen the future of iced coffee. There I was, wandering the grocery-store aisles—when suddenly, next to the kombucha, opposite the rotisserie chickens, I spotted something I never thought I’d live to see. A blue and white carton—like the… Continue reading

A well-designed office is a happy office. As facilities managers strive to save space and cash, they’re reshuffling desks and fiddling with temperature gauges. All of which has an impact on workers’ performance. Open-plan offices may make some kinds of collaboration easier, but are they more conducive… Continue reading

Nationally, American prisons release the equivalent to the entire population of Memphis or Boston every year. Source: www.truth-out.org Continue reading

Black music sounds the way it does because musicians are not at the table trying to make 21st century music. Musicians need to stop hating and get busy creating music that speaks to this generation. Source: www.truth-out.org An interesting plea… Continue reading

Why does ignorance rule in policy debates? Source: www.nytimes.com Are we as societies even capable of taking good policy advice? Continue reading

I camp, therefore I am. Source: sprudge.com It got so bad that a number of Sultans tried to ban people hanging out in coffee houses, on pain of death, though that might have had something to do with political unrest. These… Continue reading

It’s the biggest Ebola outbreak on record. Here’s the basics. Source: www.vox.com Not absolute death, but that does not mean precautions should be ignored. Continue reading