On the surface, women made impressive inroads during the 2018 elections but were these advances window dressing? Is there an undertow to be considered that works against these achievements, particularly among white women who remain loyal to Donald Trump despite his sexist views?  Tru

As one writer recently observed about Wikipedia, when it began it  was “the dumbest idea in history.” (“The Great Upwelling,” by Kevin Kelly, Wired, October, 2018, pg. 43.)  The reason?  The service was free.  How can an enterprise make money when there’s no fee? I wonde

In my upcoming memoir, I write about my second measles infection at the age of twenty-two. The occasion was memorable because it was my first brush with  Britain’s National Health Service.  The time was 1960, so the system, put in place in 1948, had been around for a while.  To b

Writer Reihan Salem describes the libertarian promoters, Charles (77) and  David (81) Koch, as “very, very patient.” (Click)   In the 2016 presidential election, they and their cohorts spent $889 million dollars to support candidates who espoused their views.  Most of those as

I’m reading two books for an upcoming taping for Just Read It, a book review program fellow writer, Susan Stoner and I air on YouTube.  One book is a dystopian novel about life in a space ship after humans have destroyed planet earth, The Book Of Joan by Lidia Yuknavitch.  The sec

What frightens me about the generation that is building technologies to exploit the internet is its youth.  I fear these visionaries are too inexperienced to be left in total control.  Mark Zuckerberg’s motto, “Move fast and break things,” reflects the same rebellious attitude

The day I was to meet a friend for coffee, an unexpected email arrived from him.  As the message was about a contract and included an  attachment — my friend being a real estate agent — I assumed he had sent the message in error and forwarded it back to him.  When we me

Sometimes the burden of lifting women’s status around the world seems too great to achieve.  Still no alternative exists but to try.  In some countries large numbers of women are little more than slaves.  This is the case for North Korean women when they are caught trying to reac

The government wants people to work into their 70s to relieve social security’s debt obligations.  But doing so has numerous effects, most dramatically on the young.  When older workers prolong their employment, younger ones can’t find jobs or are forced to take those with low w