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Taking in our tumultuous times, it's clear that something is wrong. There is no mistaking that the way we're working isn't working. Figuring out why this is so -- and what we can do about it -- is the animating idea behind The Way We're Working Isn't Working, this month's HuffPost Book Club selection. It is essential reading for anyone who wants a more productive and meaningful life. The book's thesis is that a myth has taken hold that "human beings operate most productively in the same one-dimensional way computers do: continuously, at high speeds, for long periods of time." Yet the most basic human survival need is to renew our energy. We're great at spending it, not so great at renewing it. The inevitable result: diminished judgment and wisdom -- and a world on the brink of collapse. "More and more," posits the book, "paradoxically, leads to less and less."
There has been some grousing in the media about the paucity of racial minorities hired during Kagan's Deanship. I have known her for twenty-five years and must say that these criticisms are unfair.
The Fed has not been chastened. It is more of a rogue actor than ever. But let's not lose sight of what we have accomplished so far: real independent inquiry into the Fed, and its incestuous relationships with Wall Street banks. For the first time ever.
Blanche Lincoln wants to force the banks to put their derivatives into separate entities that aren't subsidized by you and me. This is just common sense. But it's the biggest battle in financial reform right now.
Greed needs a timeout with adult supervision for these out-of-control conglomerates messing with every aspect of our lives. But that won't happen until government regulation of multinational corporations is made respectable again.
50 years ago, when West Virginians handed Kennedy a victory, it was only after the Democrat promised again and again not to restrict their access to birth control. That's right: the conservatives demanded their right to choose.
In their zeal to demonize Goldstone, Chait and Goldberg miss the point that it is possible to condemn the Goldstone Report without promoting a hypocritical campaign of character assassination.
It was movie night on American Idol. Okay, I didn't expect them to sing the theme from High Noon or Gone With the Wind, but Free Willy and Caddyshack?
On Cinco de Mayo, five high school students were sent home for wearing American flag shirts. Everyone from Fox News to Roger Ebert dug in with opinions. But the revealing action took place in the audience portion of the show.
Kagan has the chance to profoundly change the direction of the actual decisions of this Court -- through the hard work of persuasion, not the self-righteous work of outraged dissents.
Because Cameron was such a long shot, only now can the media consider the prospects of a national (re-)birth.
Imagine watching TV without a screen or communicating with friends without facebook. Would you have an implant to be smarter? What's the status of the science? When do humans become obsolete?
Robin Hood debuts on Wednesday at Cannes, though in a rather deflating move, it's been screened for critics everywhere and already reviewed. But enough griping. The festival looks very promising.
I believe in prescription drugs -- in feeling better. But I also believe if you're sitting at the blackjack table wearing an adult diaper with a fat, bloated face and a 4-hour erection, maybe it's time to slow down a bit.
Yesterday I arrived in New Orleans to see firsthand the impacts of the still-uncontrolled, still flowing oil spill from Deepwater Horizon. The first impression I got is that the coast of Louisiana is the work horse for the oil and gas industry.
PBS's new program Need to Know positions itself as an antidote to the poisonous advocacy of cable news. What it succumbs to instead is what makes mainstream news so impotent.
Betty White is a genuine comedy goddess. I should know -- I've worshiped this lady my entire life. Here then is one loving lifelong fan's playlist meant to celebrate a woman who at age 88 1/2 remains an inspiration and a hoot.
You thought that George W. Bush was an ultra-rich kid with a sense of entitlement to rule and a mission to take care of fellow millionaires? Meet Britain's new Prime Minister!
Not only do they all look like porn stars, but they also aspire to be underwear models! This year's crop of contenders for the pageant title ALL dream of being Victoria's Secret Angels, reveals pageant president Paula Shugart.
The most important fight from here on out is protecting the surviving elements of the derivatives bill crafted by Sen. Blanche Lincoln. Lincoln's bill would force big banks who deal derivatives to spin off those operations into separate companies.
I've been writing about Bagram because it stands as a rebuke to the president's pledge for change. What's happened at Bagram -- and you can Google it -- is perhaps worse than our history at Guantanamo.
Our students are no longer in love with the idea of an Oxy President, but they like the idea that he is in the White House using his liberal arts education to struggle with the issues of the day.
Currently, there is no limit on what the operator of an ATM can charge a consumer for using that machine. This is unfair and it is a policy we must address head on.
Hundreds of young girls are trafficked for sex every day...on Craigslist. The website must take a stand on this issue and send a message to adult male buyers that this practice must stop.
