Like a lot of people, I have been indoctrinated with the idea that owning a home is the fulfillment of the “American dream.”  But after spending a recent weekend in my West Hollywood apartment, rather than airborne to some distant city or country, it occurred to me that I now seem to find apartment living

Admittedly, the president’s speech on jobs Thursday night stirred up a lot of emotions in me, although I’m not exactly sure why. I thought I was over politics and watching speeches, and was really only focused on the football game it preceded. In fact, I had already pretty much written off Obama, as have a

News of the upcoming Obama speech on jobs and the economy got me reflecting on a hot-tub conversation I had back in 2000 with a  group of organic industry leaders who were in Chicago for an Organic Center Board meeting. It was a few days after Gore “officially” lost the election, and it was decided

Before flying out of San Francisco last week, I had dinner with some senior executives from multinational companies, at which the discussion centered around how business could best accommodate itself to emerging markets and the new high-tech universe. The conversation covered a range of topics, from where employees fit into the picture to why America