It’s been a few weeks now that I posed the question “What is preventing us from working (and living) cooperatively?” at an Occupy U workshop. It was a follow-up discussion to a presentation from various Bay Area coops that led …
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I started reading Earth at Risk last night. And is that depressing! To me, it is clear: Unless we – all of us humans – make some dramatic changes in the way we live, we’re doomed. Yeah, yeah. I know …
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Got your attention, didn’t I? Well, don’t expect me to tell you how to do it because I am beginning to realize that these schemes are unrealistic. I’ve found several people who offer their advice online – how you can …
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FactCheck has an interesting perspective on this as well: The truth is, however, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act [,which was passed in 1999 and repealed portions of the Glass-Steagall Act, a piece of legislation from the era of the Great Depression that …
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With the economy continuing to deteriorate, everybody in the financial services sector is worried. Rightfully so. At work, I have been assigned a multitude of projects to figure out why our losses are getting higher. Well, I would guess it’s …
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Supposedly, our input counts at work. We can contribute to brainstorms. Yet the reality is a crass reminder that this is not true. Take, for example, a short discussion over our holiday event: someone proposed that we could all vote …
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