As a baby-boomer and media psychologist, articles about positive approaches to aging catch my attention. What I love about the baby-boomer generation is that they do tend to go about... read more →
David Brooks has an op-ed called “The Cognitive Age” in the New York Times that I think is a must-read. He talks about current perceptions of globalization--how it has become... read more →
According to an article in Forbes, “Taxing Virtual Worlds,” Congress has begun holding hearings about taxing commercial activity in virtual worlds. Discussions included the taxability of “buying” weapons in World... read more →
Mass media helps make a nation real and tangible through depictions of images, symbols, and events. Information from within China, which had been cut off during the Mao regime from... read more →
Peter Stearns makes some interesting arguments about the level of fear in American society in his 2006 book American Fear. His main thesis is how America has become fixated on... read more →