Once again, the families of the victims of the senseless violence at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School unite in support of legislation to improve school safety and ensure this time will be different!
In a season of loss, it is difficult to find meaning in tragedy. The senseless murder of so many — including my own beloved daughter Alaina — tests the limits of faith, and demands more endurance than we thought possible. It is a test abruptly forced on us, and we bear it as best we can.
You’ve got to read “Is the Tipping Point Toast?” by Clive Thompson in FastCompany. The gist of Thompson’s piece, based on the work of Duncan Watts of Yahoo Research, is that the theory that a select few “key influencers” matter more than “the rest of us” when it comes...
John Corcoran, 77, spent the first six years of his life being honest. But from age 6 on, he started dodging the truth about not being able to read and write.
On one thing, the experts seem to agree. The differences between hillaryclinton.com and barackobama.com can be summed up this way: Barack Obama is a Mac, and Hillary Clinton is a PC. That is, Mr. Obama’s site is more harmonious, with plenty of white space and a soft...
Microsoft was too busy to read its rejection letter from Yahoo this morning, as it announced its intention to buy Danger, the maker of the popular Sidekick smart phone. The move suggests that the Redmond Giant plans to compete with its partners in the handset...
Many communities dream of becoming the next Silicon Valley. But Seattle is actually doing it. The influx of entrepreneurs and of venture capitalists to bankroll them is slowly reshaping this city and a regional economy long buffeted by the booms and busts of the...
Joe Klein writes in a Time article. Speaking of the Obama campaign, he says, The man’s use of pronouns (never I), of inspirational language and of poetic meter — “WE are the CHANGE that we SEEK” — is unprecedented in recent memory. [sic] there was...
New Executive Order just bubbling into public consciousness forecasts vaccine ramp up in #Florida
👇🏼@GovRonDeSantis signed EO 4:44pm Fri giving doctors, nurses & pharmacists discretion to vaccinate any age adult they deem high-risk, medically vulnerable to #covid19
There’s so much at stake in getting schools re-opened.
Over the next century, the skill shock of 2020 will produce $25 trillion to $30 trillion of lost economic output. The lifetime household incomes of the affected students will be 6% to 9% lower.
Florida is leading in protecting our vulnerable residents, saving the economy and safeguarding the freedom of our people. While so many states have been locking people down, we are lifting people up.
“When a country grows increasingly powerful economically and technologically … it will become increasingly dependent on modern information systems. … The United States is more vulnerable to attacks than any other country in the world.”
This is so poignant. Children are begging, dying because they miss school. Anybody who prevents these kids from going to school is a do-do faced long lipped lizard. https://twitter.com/wokal_distance/status/1365151590752026625