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Question… should political candidates take ideological pledges? If they do, don’t they then compromise their future leadership options? Leadership, after all, is about the agility of decision-making in real time… Read More

“Fat People” 9780615397511, $15.00 Food is good, food is great, but like all things, overindulgence is the opposite of good. “Fat People” is a collection of short stories from Bill… Read More

According to The Washington Post and other sources, executive compensation at the nation’s largest firms has quadrupled in real terms since the 1970’s even as pay for 90% of Americans… Read More

We recently decided to dig a pond in the retired pasture next to our house. It raised some questions, the most common of which is, “Is the bottom yucky?” I… Read More

Many of society’s future creative endeavors will have no physical medium, raising questions about how those among us who choose some artform as a vocation will make a living. Let’s… Read More

Picture this…..Vermont abandons many of its under-funded, often poorly conceived fix-it initiatives in favor of a single strategic one. Investments largely wasted on economic development, various consumer and business subsidies,… Read More

I’d like to wind up the day by saying a few words about the social contract. I think we can all agree that the social contract is an agreement between… Read More

My libertarian and conservative friends love to cite the purifying qualities of the free market, operating like a natural stream-bed filter, removing weak business models, compressing economic fluctuations, and obviating… Read More

The battle in Washington is not over a balanced budget. It is not between the rich and the poor. It’s not between business and consumers. It’s not about the environment.… Read More

“Fat People” Submitted by Michael on Wed, 04/20/2011 – 10:42. compulsive eating Food writing One reason skeptics scoff at the notion of food addiction is that they eat, and so… Read More

Earbuds?  Nonsense, when I was young, we couldn’t fit our stereo system in a 16-foot truck, much less our ears. Admittedly, we had a sound re-enforcement company that provided sound… Read More

The current political rhetoric surrounding the bill to muffle NPR and to limit the ability of its affiliate network to survive, much less prosper, misses the important philosophical question of… Read More