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Wednesday, October 28th, 2009Technology is advancing fast. But for people around the world facing the daily challenges of living with a disease, the future just isn’t coming quickly enough. This personal struggle – and increasingly, the untold financial cost of hospitalization and ongoing treatment at a time when the American health care industry is already under scrutiny – [...]
Remembering Ted Kennedy
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009The court of American opinion was not kind to Ted Kennedy. We expect our heroes to be without fault, perfect and polished at every turn. He was not that, and we would not let him forget it. Even in death, the multitude of obituaries were certain to include reference to his numerous personal struggles and [...]
ADHD Awareness Week – The Power Understanding Brings
Thursday, September 17th, 2009‘Knowledge is Power.’ This quote by Sir Francis Bacon was the premise of a speech presented on behalf of New Zealand’s Minister for Disability Issues by Hon. Tariana Turia, at the kick-off seminar for their observance of ADD/ADHD Awareness Week. And although this quote can be used in a myriad of contexts, on this particular [...]
Sam Smith
Monday, August 31st, 2009When I was executive director of Seattle’s METRO, I reported to a board of directors forty people strong. Amongst them were the mayor, all nine city council members, the elected county executive, all five county council members, mayors of several nearby cities, and various others. In short, all the key elected officials in the region [...]
ADHD and Health Care Reform
Saturday, August 29th, 2009For tens of millions of Americans, the current debate over health care insurance reform is not – at heart – a solely political issue. It is a question of fundamental rights. Do we, as citizens who pay taxes, vote, and thereby join in the ongoing evolution of our democratic experiment, deserve the right to ‘universal [...]
Back to the Future with Biofuels
Monday, July 27th, 2009“Current trends in energy supply and consumption are patently unsustainable.” – International Energy Agency report, November 2008 In the final scene of 1985′s blockbuster hit, Back to the Future, Doc Brown arrives from the future in his silver DeLorean time machine, frantically filling his engine with household garbage. Garbage, at least in director Zemeckis’ cinematic [...]
Microgrids Challenge to Big Utility Goliaths
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009It is an environmentalist’s dream – harnessing the power of natural resources to provide households with cheaper, more reliable energy. For thousands of American homeowners this is a daily reality – not just a dream, as rooftop solar panels and wind turbines reduce their reliance on traditional power utilities. But for all the promise of [...]
The Case of Fabio Rosa – How Social Entrepreneurs Take on the World
Saturday, June 27th, 2009In a civilization fueled by innovation, entrepreneurial enterprise is king. This is no surprise to those of us living in the Information Age – where entrepreneurs are regular features on the covers of the glossy business weeklies – sharing their stories of translating problems into solutions, and making a mint in the process. Creativity, keen [...]
Mobile Medical Fairs Help Narrow America’s Healthcare Gap
Friday, June 19th, 2009“You know, I am sad that we are the wealthiest nation in the world, and we don’t take care of our own.” – Joanne Ford, 60 Minutes President Obama took to the podium on Monday to announce his plans for large-scale reforms to the American healthcare system. Healthcare has long been a hot button issue [...]
Twitter Rules for Revolutionaries
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009Nobody was counting on Twitter to aid the revolution. Following Iran’s highly contested election – in which incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the victor, “by a landslide”, the government quickly instituted a media blackout – jamming transmissions for many of the world’s leading news outlets and denying access to popular social networking sites including Facebook [...]
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