Insight

Innovation is about mind set and lifestyle

Robert Evans Wilson, Jr — Being an innovator means having an open mind to new experiences. A few years ago a friend of mine returned from visiting her family in Greece. Knowing that I loved to try new wines, she ...

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America’s debtors’ prisons: The shackles return

Devon Douglas-Bowers — The debtors’ prison is an old, decrepit institution that many thought was abolished in the 19th century, something little more than a relic of the past. This is a problematic view for two reasons. One, debtors’ prisons are ...

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Low interest rates are for the rich, not savers and elderly

Stephen Lendman — Low rates benefit investors at the expense of savers, retirees and pensioners without paychecks needing income especially harmed. At near zero percent for nearly seven years, virtually none is forthcoming for most people. Weeks of debate over whether ...

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80% of Syrians believe U.S. is to blame for ISIS

Eric Zuesse — The British polling organization ORB International, an affiliate of WIN/Gallup International, repeatedly finds in Syria that, throughout the country, Syrians oppose ISIS by about 80%, and (in the latest such poll) also finds that 82% of Syrians blame ...

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10 things you can do to snap back from setbacks

Robert Evans Wilson, Jr.— On the first of the month I received an urgent email from a 58-year-old friend asking if I could store some of his prized possessions. I phoned him and said he could, then asked what was ...

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Fear and despair: Greece’s national wealth is for sale

Prof. James Petras — Eight months will have passed since the election of Syriza on January 25 up to the snap elections in September. During that time Syriza’s leaders play-acted their ‘opposition to austerity’ and then knelt down in submission to the ...

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Authentic leaders don’t need power in order to rule

Robert Evans Wilson, Jr. — In my previous article, I wrote about Leaders having AIM which is my acronym for the key characteristics of leadership: Authenticity, Innovation, Motivation. In this article, I will expand on the characteristic of Authenticity. Over ...

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Ukraine’ Pres. Poroshenko: ‘Overthrow of Yanukovych was a coup’

Eric Zuesse — Ukraine to declare that his predecessor, Viktor Yanukovych, was overthrown by an illegal operation; in other words, that the post-Yanukovych government, including Poroshenko’s own Presidency, came into power from a coup, not from something democratic, not from any ...

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Warning: Your self-beliefs are not secret!

Robert Evans Wilson, Jr — In the mid-1980s when I was living in New York City, my girlfriend thought it would be impressive if I were to become a stock broker. To please her, I applied to a local Merrill ...

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‘Human rights’ and soft power in Russia

The news that Lyudmila Alekseyeva, head of the Russian Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) the Moscow-Helsinki Group, will be returning to the Presidential Council for Human Rights, has been heralded by many in the liberal establishment in Russia as a victory for their cause. ...

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