Even with a fairly widespread understanding of post traumatic stress and other effects of war, it is hard to really know what soldiers go through in defending their countries, apart from what we see on the news. The stress they undergo in training, the many horrors they may witness, the friends they lose, the struggle [...]
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Will Banning Underweight Models Prevent Eating Disorders?
In 2007, Israeli fashion model Hila Elmaliah died of anorexia at 34-years-old. She had dwindled away to just under 60 pounds when she passed. Elmaliah’s untimely death motivated her friend, Israeli photographer and modeling agent Adi Barkan, to campaign for legislation in Israel that would prevent underweight models from walking the catwalk. Just over a year [...]
Deepak Chopra: Has America Earned Its Reputation in the World?
Every country has a national character that it taught to children from a young age and then becomes part of everyone’s story. In the case of America, “opportunity” is a theme known worldwide and constantly referred to when we talk about what this country means. In the same category are freedom, power, innovation – and [...]
10 Rights Granted by Marriage…but Not by Civil Unions
Aside from the basic principles of equal rights, there are many pragmatic, even commonplace issues spurring on the campaign for same-sex marriage. How do same-sex couples pay taxes? What happens to shared property when one partner dies? And in recent news, how do you get around hospitals’ traditional visitation rights, extended to blood relatives or [...]
Silicon Valley Sex Workers Cater to “Geek” Audience
The United States largely has Northern California’s Silicon Valley to thank for satisfying and propelling our appetite for technology. With the job rate increasing at nearly dot com levels, Silicon Valley is becoming a highly sought after region, especially for talented young adults eager to enter the tech world. You might expect from all of [...]
Shameless Dancing on Margaret Thatcher’s Grave
The news of Margaret Thatcher’s death has been surprisingly sobering to me. It brought on a quiet mood from me. I hadn’t ever answered the questions I’d been asking myself about her. And now she’s gone. What do I feel about that? I think of where I grew up in the 80′s - in a [...]
Facebook to Spend Millions on Immigration Reform (infographic)
We all know about the exorbitant sums corporations funnel into the government – the whole “voting with your wallet” maxim certainly pans out when that wallet is full of millions. Turns out the practice is not lost on tech companies, now some of the biggest influencers in the public sphere. This week, Facebook founder and [...]
Deepak Chopra: Is India Having a Crisis of Soul?
By Deepak Chopra, M.D. & Jim Clifton, CEO Gallup Organization When they think of India, many people still have the shining image of it as a rising economy, one of the four most promising in the world, in fact. As one of the BRIC countries, along with Russia, Brazil and China, India’s rise from a [...]
How the Monsanto Protection Act Silently Slipped Into Law
Last week, Congress quietly passed a controversial last minute addition to the Agricultural Appropriations Bill that has many food and consumer advocates up in arms. The addendum, which has been dubbed the “Monsanto Protection Act” by critics, will protect companies like Monsanto from facing litigation in the face of health risks posed by genetically modified organisms [...]
Hero’s Quest: What It Takes to Be a Great Leader
A good story is the story of the hero’s quest, and a hero’s quest begins with a dream. This is why all great leaders are visionaries. They ask themselves mythical questions: Who am I? What do I want? Who are the heroes and mentors our society can learn from? In this week’s episode of “The [...]
