If you’re young you might find this hard to believe, but it’s only been within the last generation that we have made the link between our health and our diet. It started with the realization that inhaling cigarette smoke can cause the formation of cancerous cells in our lungs. It took quite some time for us…

There’s a lot of talk these days about Artificial Intelligence. Economists and pundits are betting on who’s still going to have a job in 20 years and who’s going to be replaced by a robot or an algorithm. Some say the jobs most likely to disappear are taxi drivers, Uber, and truck drivers. Others say it’s…

Here’s a question for you. What is Art? There are various possible answers. From the personal and pragmatic, “I know it when I see it,” to the wide-ranging and ideological, “Anything that holds up a mirror to society.” When we talk about art on a show that is about business, I can tell you one…

If you’d lived in the United States in the early 1900’s, you would have been part of a fierce debate about alcohol. For many years there were people in Washington DC, and all across the country, who believed that alcohol was a drug that was so bad for us, that for our own good it should…

If everything worked out the way you thought it was going to, 10 or 20 years ago, what kind of a life would you be leading today? It’s fascinating to ponder how different the world might be if Jeff Bezos didn’t quit his job and start Amazon. Or if William Shakespeare had been content to make…

We all know about the enormous economic challenges that newspapers are facing. With access to information that’s posted online almost the minute it happens, it’s become more difficult to convince people that reading the news next day in print has any value. The fact is that a good journalist can frame an issue, give it context,…

You’re probably familiar with the term “Art versus commerce.” It’s one of the concepts that we take for granted are opposites. “Good versus evil.” “Communism versus capitalism.” “Left versus right.” The problem with lumping art versus commerce into this list is that if you are an artist, you’re required to find a place where art and commerce…

Any conversation about the global economy today is bound to include a discussion of China. Economists and pundits frequently refer to China as “the world’s fastest growing economy.” Or “the world’s second biggest economy.” The unspoken intimation in this choice of language is that we in the United States better look out – China is catching up…

You probably know the line from the 1989 movie, Field of Dreams, “If you build it they will come.” Decades after the movie came out this line continues to resonate with us, because it’s about faith. Faith in ourselves. In our own courage to follow our dreams. And faith in our fellow humans – that…

Have you ever bought something on impulse?  You see something you really like. You can’t afford it. You know it’s crazy, but you buy it anyway. Maybe you’ve done that with a piece of clothing. A pair of shoes. Even a car. How about a business? That’s what happened to Camille Carloss.   Camille’s husband, Dylan, took Camille…