America Trends Podcast America Trends

You may have thought that getting your child through those tough teenage years meant the end of your full immersion parenting, but after listening to this podcast, you may want to think again.  In fact, with new brain research and a host of changes in our economy and society, your child may need you more … Read More Read More

Our guest likes to compare and contrast this moment in history with the Gilded Age of the Industrial Revolution, when robber barons pillaged the economic landscape with impunity.  At some point when the spoils all went to the top, when labor was exploited and the excesses became too apparent to all, the government stopped being … Read More Read More

I don’t know how many trips you take in a year, but it’s difficult for me to imagine having the time, energy or resources to travel to EVERY country in the world, even over a half  century of excursions.  Our guest has done just that.  Boris Kester, author of “The Long Road to Cullaville:Stories From … Read More Read More

  It’s hard to have a conversation with a friend or colleague where the issue of sleep doesn’t come up.  In most cases, you’ll hear people say there’s is not restful and they are trying a range of things, from a new mattress to meditation or white noise to address it.  Some may describe a … Read More Read More

The words we hear from Israeli government and military officials is that the end game is to rid Gaza of Hamas, the terrorist group that runs it and committed unspeakable atrocities against Israeli citizens on October 7.  Yet, if history is a guide, the overwhelming military response now being visited upon Hamas, and civilians who … Read More Read More

Fake on-line reviews permeate every sector of commerce, from the purchase of hard goods to the doctor you to choose, to the restaurant you try,  to the plumber who has five stars.  Does he really?  It’s a complex web of lies that has developed in this vital space for e-commerce.  Finally, the federal government, under … Read More Read More