Category Archives: politics

Digital Democracy

Politicians have it hard these days. We live in a representative democracy, where we essentially hire people to make decisions on our behalf on the local, state and national levels.  They compete with a select group  of our peers to … Continue reading

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What Should Teachers Know? Or any of Us?

There’s a recent article in the New York Times that talks about should be taught to teachers in Ed School, or in essence, what should a teacher have to know before going into a classroom?  One of the teachers quoted … Continue reading

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Disruption of the Middle Class- Part 1

Part 1 of a Three Part Series on the New Economy and Disruption of the Middle Class and What Comes Next… Part 2:  The Rise of the Individual Part 3: Implications for Our Kids and the Future This week, I … Continue reading

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Nickel and Dimed to Death

Or- The Doctrine of Unintended Consequences The World seems to be in chaos on both global and local scales. Food and fuel prices are going up. Banks are raising ATM fees. Baggage fees are going up on airlines, meaning folks … Continue reading

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Now What? Be the Change

Chris Brogan had an interesting post  titled “ What Human Businesses and the Social Web are all About” and it got me thinking, as usual. Tom Friedman has talked about how the World is Flat and the boundaries that have … Continue reading

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