I took this photo on the Fourth of July in Glenside, a town just outside of Philadelphia. Its citizens had set out chairs, waiting for a parade to honor a struggle that began in revolution but seems to have lost its momentum today. Looking back at … [Continue reading]
We’re being led by the nose about what to think, buy, do next, or remember about what we’ve already seen or done. Oh, and how we’re supposed to be happy, what we like and don’t like, what’s wrong with our generation, why we work. We’re being led to … [Continue reading]
What makes your work worthwhile? Last week economist Edmund Phelps got me thinking about some of the possibilities. Is you mindset at work to expand your capabilities, to become your “better” self by confronting risks on the job for the … [Continue reading]
Taking greater satisfaction from your work may be your goal, but it seems that it's hardly the government’s or the economy’s goal. Not so long ago it felt differently, that those goals were all more aligned—and maybe they could be again--but only if … [Continue reading]
The future was on my mind a lot this week, probably because several stories were arguing for its importance and vulnerability. Some of it was the mid-term election, which the press kept reminding us was about choosing our political future, as if … [Continue reading]
