The Million-Dollar Penny

| Jul 5, 2010 | Economy / BusinessEvery summer, several financial firms competing to get the banking business of the world’s mega millionaires release what amounts to scorecards on global wealth. These data-packed reports tally the current number of our international rich and super-rich, by nation and...

Fighting Obesity in the Classroom

| | Food / FarmingAs a co-founder and the current creative director of the Rancho La Puerta fitness resort and Golden Door spas, Deborah Szekely has long been known as a pioneer in health and wellness. She’s now focusing on a new target audience: our nation’s children....

Keep the Internet Open for All

| | Rights / DemocracyPerhaps the greatest freedom in a democracy is freedom of speech. Throughout our nation’s history, people have died fighting not only for our right to speak, but for our right to be heard. The Internet is the greatest communications network ever created because...

Let’s Sit Down and Talk with Iran

| | Peace / SecurityAs this summer’s temperatures climb, pressure on Iran is heating up. For years now, Iran has claimed that its nuclear program is peaceful and only designed to generate electricity. But the international community has been skeptical. The United Nations, the...
We’ve Got to Get out of There

We’ve Got to Get out of There

| | Peace / SecurityPretty much everyone (outside of the nutty “he’s the Antichrist” coalition) thinks President Barack Obama did the right thing in firing his Afghanistan commander, Gen. Stanley McChrystal. Unfortunately, he did it for the wrong reasons. McChrystal got...