In the Golden State, we pride ourselves on our future-facing environmental values and our climate leadership. At the same time, nearly 1 million residents, primarily in disadvantaged communities, are …
Beware Generational Chauvinism
Generational chauvinism is rampant today. Many if not most people regard their generation as superior to all others. They presume themselves more enlightened than other generations. Such an …
Dueling Dualities | False Binaries
The simplest theory of Warren Buffett is that a lot of his value-add comes from his ability [to combine characteristics that many suppose to be contradictory]. The trick is to be …
Helmut Kohl Leadership Legacy
Clare Boothe Luce famously declared that even the most consequential leaders merit a single sentence in memory. Amid a political career of notable longevity, Helmut Kohl will surely be recalled for …
Is the Child Father to the Man?
Looking back, a man really has a more objective feeling about himself as a child than he has about his father or mother. He feels as if that child were not the present he, individually, but an …
Honor Converts
Amid the political, cultural, historical and spiritual turmoil of our moment, many of us find ourselves a bit disoriented. Our longstanding, defining views of institutions and issues may be …