Young white women are dying.  No, not from assaults and beatings, though that continues at a high rate.  The current epidemic affects women between 25 and 55  years of age.  Suicides are half the reason.  The other reason is drug and alcohol overdose.  Most of these women live r

In a recent essay, Stanley Bing writes that lies serve as truth as long as they are believed. (“Does the Truth Matter?” by Stanley Bing, Fortune, May 1, 2016, pg. 136.)  In an election year a lot of “truths” serve to justify gut feelings.  One of them is that Hillary Clinton

Think gender won’t play a role in the upcoming presidential election? Just wait and watch the media to see what they  say about Hillary Clinton’s pantsuits or hair style.  As journalist Joan Veneochi observes, Hillary will receive more scathing remarks than will Trump for his �

Bots are everywhere.  Using a mix of algorithms, retailers can tailor bot messages to our interests.  With improved technology, bots are not only invading our social networks and emails, they are venturing into text messaging, an area relatively free from advertisers . (“Moving Me

Gender diversity matters and never more so than in the current election for President of the United States.  To those women who make light of gender’s importance, I’ll say again:  Wrong. (Blog 3/23/16)   Equal pay is a woman’s issue but it also plays as an economic one.�

Bots, short for robots,  generate messages daily that constitute 60 percent of web traffic. The automated programs are all over the internet.  Some run free but others wait for an “execute” command.  They come in different types like web crawlers, chat room bots, and malicious

In his essay for Foreign Affairs, Sean P. Larkin credits the explosion of surveillance technology with a new transparency in the world order. (“The Age of Transparency,” by Sean P. Larkin, Foreign Affairs May/June 2016, pg. 136.)  The ability to monitor human behavior — fro

The Dodd-Frank legislation is under assault.  Don’t look for cannon fire or sonic blasts.  It’s a quiet battle making its way through the courts and raises a small point that could topple the entire edifice.  And don’t the money lenders know it?  In 2010, the financial refor

Recently, guilt and shame were topics in a New York Times column by David Brooks (3/15/2016).  When my blog on the same issue appeared a month later, (Blog 4/25/2016), a reader emailed me a copy of those earlier remarks.  Not crucial but immediately evident was a difference in the d

Having spent 9 years in public life, I know something about that spotlight.  Politics is the one forum where one needs no credentials to chart a course for society.  One needs only to be in the right place at the right time and have access to money. The situation would be funny, as