(Image Credit: http://www.netgalley.com) The 44th President of the United States was known for his flowing oratorial skills, an attitude that struck friend and foe as unflappable (the one exception being the tragic Sandy hook shooting incident, talking about which made the President extremely emotional), and an outlook that endeared him to the nouveau riche and … Continue reading Barack Obama: Conservative, Pragmatist, Progressive – Burton i. Kaufman

(Image Credit: http://www.waterstones.com) Thomas Edward Yorke, Philip James Selway, Colin Charles Greenwood, Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood, and Edward John O’Brien were products of the prestigious Abingdon School, a private educational establishment boasting a rich legacy extending way back into the eleventh century. While these individual names may not immediately ring a bell, collectively they send … Continue reading Radiohead: Life in a Glasshouse – John Aizlewood  

(Image Credit: http://www.amazon.com) According to a report published by Morningstar, through the third quarter of 2021, global sustainable funds boasted almost $4 trillion in assets. This included more than $330 million in U.S. sustainable mutual funds and ETFs, which is almost twice the level of a year ago. A new wave of ‘conscious consumerism’ has … Continue reading Making Money Moral: How a New Wave of Visionaries Is  Linking Purpose and Profit – Judith Rodin, Saadia Madsbjerg

(Image Credit: http://www.press.uchicago.edu) It is a rarity for a person to be acknowledged as an expert in a particular field, especially when the individual in question lends an impression of staying removed by a few degrees from the very sphere that has accorded her such an exalted status. Hannah Arendt was one such individual. Universally … Continue reading Hannah Arendt – Samantha Rose Hill

(Image Credit: http://www.amazon.com) The Hive is an independent Publishing Group that has at its edifice the showcasing of aspiring and budding talent in the realm of literature. “A Second Cup of Tea” is the 6th anthology to come out of the Hive stable. A sequel of sorts to an earlier anthology (A Tea With a … Continue reading A Second Cup of Tea: More Stories for Your Soul – The Hive

(Image credit: http://www.goodreads.com) The SLANTY® brand of toilet comes with a seat angled between eight and thirteen degrees. At a slant of 13 degrees, it becomes visibly uncomfortable to sit on the toilet for more than five to seven minutes. Companies love the SLANTY®’s brand because an increased discomfiture means lesser time spent in the … Continue reading Lost In Work: Escaping Capitalism – Amelia Horgan  

(Image Credit: http://www.bookdepository.com) The spectre of climate change evokes extreme reactions ranging from the sombre and sanguine to the silly and sensational. While denialists occupying one side of the schism cock a finger at the very idea of global warming, prophets of doom residing across the divide calculate the exact year when there would be … Continue reading Supercharge Me: Net Zero Faster – Eric Lonergan & Corinne Sawers  

(Image Credit: http://www.netgalley.com) The inextricably linked duo of “Free Market” and “The Invisible Hand”, are, arguably,  solid contenders, for two of the most misinterpreted, miscomprehended, misapplied and mismanaged phrases in the lexicon of economics and political philosophy. Professor of Philosophy, History and Accounting at the University of Southern California, Jacob Soll, in his upcoming work … Continue reading Free Market: The History Of An Idea – Jacob Soll  

(Image Credit: http://www.netgalley.com) Imagine four clocks bearing an asymmetric relationship to each other. The first clock represents the ‘reality’ of climate change. In other words, this clock is Mother Nature herself. The second clock is the barometer for the state of Science. Whether we like it or not, Science will always lag behind reality in … Continue reading Fire and Flood: a People’s History of Climate Change from 1979 to the present  – Eugene Linden