Writer/Author/Fotografer
“I’m not a politician,” said (fill in the blank). Both leading contenders for the Republican presidential nomination repeatedly deny being politicians. Former pediatric neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson this week overtook reality television star Donald Trump in national polls to lead…
Business.com recently published my article, “Baby Boomer Retirement: Avoid a Senior Moment in Your Business.” An estimated 10,000 baby boomers retire each day in the United States, a trend that will continue for the next couple of decades. These senior…
About.com recently published my article, “Limiting Home Business Risk: 5 Steps to Forming an LLC,” in its About Money section. Working from home these days is more feasible and more popular than ever, thanks to mobile technologies and changing employment…
GPS satellites broadcast passive one-way signals that by themselves can do no harm. But bad actors can use the power of GPS in frightening ways. “Driverless vehicles could easily be perverted into a ghastly weapon—a guided missile making full use…
Forecasters at the United Nations last fall updated their projections for the growth of cities across the planet over the next 15 years. World Urbanization Prospects is the type of report that fuels worry about teeming masses huddled amid poverty…
The task of educating our children faces more social and technological disruption and more uncertainty about the future than at any time in the past century. Can our schools break free of what worked in the past (but no longer…
“A small group of neo-Nazis have staged an anti-Semitic rally in London, but were hugely outnumbered by counter-demonstrators….The group, waving Palestinian and Confederate flags, stood surrounded by police in a fenced-in area near Downing Street on Saturday. A counter-demonstration drew…
Maps of territory held by the Islamic State, or ISIS, bugged me, but I couldn’t put my finger on it. Then, I realized, they look like scans of brain tumors. Unfortunately, the similarities go much deeper. Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the…
(MLHD) n: acronym for Media Love/Hate Disorder, a modern affliction seen in people with multiple connected devices; can disrupt meals, sleep and work. Early symptoms most common in those already suffering with fear of missing out (FOMO) and Time Warner Cable…
As the days grow shorter and colder, something stirs in us humans—a fear that traces straight down to the bone, maybe into our DNA. We associate winter with death for good reason. It brings death for many plants, creatures and…
