by David Howell | Dec 1, 2017 | David Howell, The Descent into Happiness, USA
Fake news is not new. It’s been around as long as “news” has been around. If there is a problem with fake news, it may be the quantity of fake news we are currently exposed to. The more we see it, the more we tend to believe it. The winter term at the university I...
by Jo Glasser | Nov 4, 2017 | Jo Glasser, USA
Recently I met with two women to plan a program on families and addiction. I’ve worked with both of these people before on similar programs, but this meeting was different. This time they were talking about themselves and their respective adult sons, both of whom...
by Dennis Rea | Sep 29, 2017 | Dennis Rea, Economy and business, Music, USA
My previous Blue Ear Books blog recounted my travails presenting a group of distinguished Mexican musicians at a very small music festival in Seattle during the reign of the rabidly xenophobic (particularly when it comes to Mexico) Donald Trump. Among the responses to...
by Jo Glasser | Sep 22, 2017 | USA
You’d like Lynn (not her real name). She’s friendly, fun, and bright – also a talented and accomplished leader, having worked her way up the ladder in the field of philanthropic fundraising. Her resume lists exactly the kinds of experience a recruiter wants to see,...
by Qaisar Shareef | Aug 18, 2017 | Pakistan, Qaisar Shareef, USA, When Tribesmen Came Calling
In June, I wrote a blog headlined “Hatred Destroys Everyone.” There had been a spate of hate crimes in the preceding couple of months targeting various minorities, none of which had been denounced by the President of the United States or any senior members...
by Dennis Rea | Aug 11, 2017 | Dennis Rea, Immigration, Live at the Forbidden City, Music, USA
My wife pointed out recently that, in practical terms, the blitzkrieg ascension of Donald Trump had yet to directly affect her daily life in any appreciable way. (Unsurprising disclosure: We both vehemently oppose Trump and his fellow travelers.) I stopped and thought...