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“For the 14th consecutive year, Fox News led in total viewers and in the 25-to-54-year-old demographic crucial to advertisers. The network’s average of 1.8 million viewers in prime time placed it second among all cable channels, the highest finish for…
Business.com recently published my article, “Coming to Our Senses: How Ergonomics Applies to Office Environments and Productivity.” Researchers in diverse fields, from architecture to psychology, are investigating how sensory inputs affect productivity. This article cites studies that look at noise,…
One slip of a finger at the keyboard can completely alter the meaning of a word. Caught during editing, typos cause laughs. Missed, they cause problems. On this last day of the month, when sellers send buyers a statement of…
The USC Rossier School of Education blog recently published my review of Teaching for the Two-Sided Mind: A Guide to Right-Brain, Left-Brain Education by Linda Verlee Williams. This unusual book, published in 1983, remains a popular guide to classroom teaching…
“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…