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      The Remarkable Ted W. Hall

      Recently the Wall Street Journal ran an op ed politely suggesting that the British give up pound sterling and switch to greenbacks. It is the kind of strange idea that is...

      Early Warning Signs

      Business competition is always interesting, in part because smart companies figure out how to avoid competition by specializing and differentiating their product or service. When Sun Tzu admonished his generals against...

      Women’s Pay

      More women than men now enroll in college. More graduate and they earn better grades. But at every level of educational attainment, men still earn more money and the gap grows...

      Will Technology Burst Higher Education’s Bubble?

      Imagine a service business whose core processes have not changed since medieval times, economically dependent on huge federal subsidies, and protected by a system of self-accreditation designed to exclude rivals. Imagine...

      Strengthening California’s Income Escalator

      Generations hence will wonder in amazement why Californians acquiesced to the steady weakening of the state system of higher education in the early twenty-first century. California’s three-tiered system of higher education...

      Whatever Happened to the United Farmworkers?

      On New Year’s Day, a friend mentioned that Frank Bardacke had published his long-anticipated history of the rise and fall of Cesar Chavez and the United Farmworkers. It was worth the...

      Remembering December, 2011

      Shakespeare's immortal eulogy delivered by Mark Anthony for Julius Caesar resonates this week: “The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones.” We lost...

      When Protection Makes You Weaker

      A recent best-selling book suggests that people were Born to Run, yet data suggest that between a third and half of runners get hurt running every year. Why is this? Journalist...

      Steve Jobs: One Last Thing…

      In preparation for landing at SFO, I had closed the MacBook Air and turned off the iPad, but as I touched down, my iPhone beeped. The text from my son made...

      Freedom Comes Out

      Gay Freedom does not matter yet to most Americans — but it will, soon enough. Andrew Cuomo’s profile in political courage in mobilizing the New York legislature to allow gay marriage...

      Mills and the Future of All-Women Colleges

      At the end of last year’s hit movie, The Kids are All Right, Nic and Jules (Annette Benning and Julianne Moore) drop off their daughter Joni (Mia Wasikowska) to begin her freshmen...

      Venturing in the Slipstream: the Magic of Astral Weeks

      Sometimes an artist captures lightning in a bottle. Usually they aren’t sure how it happened and few can repeat the magic regularly. In 1968, Van Morrison recorded Astral Weeks under awful circumstances....

      Atul Gawande: America’s Doctor

      Who is Atul Gawande and why is he having a bigger impact on your life than any physician in America who is not treating you? Gawande is a cancer surgeon in Boston....

      Billionaire Amazon CEO works in his own warehouse

      He may look like a leprechaun and laugh like a hyena, but do not ever underestimate Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. Back in 2006, Amazon accounted for 5.1% of all...

      The Thriller is Gone

      I was down two Ouzos in a country taverna when a snappy kick, snare, and hi-hat commanded my attention. A repetitive bass followed by a four note synth and shaker hooked...