Environment
A Case for Modular Housing
As part of promoting innovation and sustainability in our economy, consumers need to be educated about and encouraged to consider modular housing for new home construction. Now, we’re not talking about manufactured homes, which are commonly known as mobile homes. Modular construction creates factory-built units...
[Continue reading: A Case for Modular Housing]Wind Energy Up Close
I’m fascinated by the wind. Too hot and humid –what I call an ill wind – it’s unnerving. Too much at the wrong time in the weather cycle and it will destroy crops, homes and lives. However, in places where “too much” is the norm, the wind provides tremendous opportunity as an energy source. Wind is...
[Continue reading: Wind Energy Up Close]Great Things Happening in Technology
Ray Ozzie, departing chief software architect at Microsoft, made headlines last week with his blog post declaring that our world will one day be PC-free. Ozzie described the future of computing as one with “cloud-based continuous services that connect us all and do our bidding” and “appliance-like...
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Community
Critical thinking about Corporate Responsibility
I worked in corporate public relations for nearly two decades before taking a break...
Have you heard of Kiva.org – the internet-based micro-finance organization? Since...
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Politics
Shirley Sherrod…how complete lack of critical thinking fueled the attack
First, conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart selects a small snippet from an hour-long...
Two letters that raise the ire of nearly everyone who hears them these days. Various...
I was talking recently with a friend, K, who is a successful real estate developer. For...
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