February 2023

We need to realize that Silicon Valley is akin to the tobacco business.  They are producing an addictive product that is hurting people, and they know it. 

It is now beyond any debate that this ersatz congressman is a walking fraud. But beyond the sensational story of how he lied his way into public office, there are larger takeaways.

We must reimagine 21st-century life where 75 plus marks a robust time of engagement and work. We cannot sacrifice the momentum critical to achieving our society’s healthy aging goals to pessimistic, regressive notions of what getting old is “like.”

While we remain mired in debates, many school districts have taken proactive steps in developing and coordinating programs in concert with local parents, psychologists, and EAPs (employee assistance programs) for dealing with the immediate impact of a school shooting.

CNN senior legal analyst and nationally bestselling author Elie Honig explores America’s two-tier justice system, explaining how the rich, the famous, and the powerful— including, most notoriously, Donald Trump—manipulate the legal system to escape justice and get away with vast misdeeds.

We view health and weight as an individual problem or responsibility rather than a societal one. And while I agree that there is a substantial individual component to health, what is severely lacking from the mainstream conversation around obesity is the issue of health equity.

In a video, former president Trump outlined radical proposals to withhold funding for states that support CRT, protect religious freedom, and bar trans athletes from sports. But these face little chance of becoming policy; even if Trump could secure reelection, he would soon discover that the federal government has minimal authority and oversight over American public education.

After ChatGPT prompted panic across the educational community, FlexSchool’s leadership team chose to do what we do with any new policy discussion: we took it to the neurodiverse, gifted, and twice-exceptional students to gain their unique perspectives.

Michael’s dinner with ex-Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, where the two discussed the Bush Administration, foreign policy, Osama bin Laden, and America’s then-perception of Pakistan.

Against the backdrop of an economy steadily emerging from three years of pandemic-induced turmoil, House Republicans sit with their finger on the trigger of a nuclear bomb, as chief economist Mark Zandi warned that a failure by Congress to raise the debt ceiling on a timely basis could have disastrous consequences.