Relocation: Change Your Place, Change Your Luck
American society is on the move. More than one in five US adults, 22% of the population, has relocated or knows someone likely to do so as a consequence of…
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Cancel Culture or Learning to Accept One Another
Should we cancel people and their ideas if we do not agree with them? This has become the dilemma of our era. The so-called “cancel culture” which consists in removing…
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America – Either Everyone Succeeds Together, or No One Will Succeed
A few weeks ago, I warned that the spreading unruliness and violence were only going to worsen unless they were treated correctly. After some of the countrywide George Floyd protests…
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Covid-19 Has Quenched the Flickering Candle of Higher Education
Covid-19 has crippled every conceivable aspect of civilization. Yet, some aspects suffered such a blow that in all likelihood, we are witnessing their premortem spasms. One such aspect is higher…
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Desperate for an Economy of Sharing
Despite the insistence to keep the economy running, it’s grinding to a halt. “The U.S. economy shrank at a dizzying 33% annual rate in the April-June quarter — by far…
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Loneliness Kills
A few days ago, a young man in Israel, a school teacher, killed himself. He had students, he had tenure, he was healthy, handsome, eloquent, and he was lonely. In…
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Aliens on Our Own Planet
With every passing day, it’s becoming clearer that we’re moving into a new era. The protests against wearing masks are the rebellion of our egos against a compulsory change. Big…
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Mask Wearing, Freedom vs. Love of Others?
Life saver to some and symbol of tyranny to others—the requirement to wear a mask in public to prevent further contagion of Covid-19 has split societies around the globe. In…
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A Generational Catastrophe in Education
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that we’re experiencing a “generational catastrophe” in education because of school closures during the coronavirus pandemic. On the one hand, I understand why this is…
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Contagious Contraction – The Global Economy Has Changed For Good
Many pundits expressed alarm when the economic data regarding the contraction of the global economy in the second quarter began to pour out. One by one, the biggest economies in…
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