My mother’s family was born and raised in Arpaia, a small town in Italy on the Appian Way. The town…
In the natural order of life our parents and their generation pass on before ours, and when the last family…
We like to think we live in a democracy where there is equal opportunity for all. However, we fail at…
Government, industry, media, all consistently refer to us, not as people, but as “consumers”. Our economy is driven by consumer…
A wall of the Museum of fine Arts, Boston, MA, shouts in blue neon, “All Art Has Been Contemporary”. The…
In recent decades as income disparity increased, upward mobility decreased. In the same period, quality of education deteriorated for those…
The degree to which we value education determines teacher quality and the emphasis students place on academic achievement. We talk…
Everyone in this country is entitled to an education through high school, but that is not true in many parts…
I was working in Washington DC during the Clinton era in what was, and still is, a divided city. On…
The ongoing protests and uprisings in the Middle East are nearly continuous in our daily news, as rebel factions challenge…