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Independence Day:  The Most American of Holidays

 

The Fourth of July 2009

On this day in 1776, the Declaration of Independence was approved by the Continental Congress, setting the 13 colonies on the road to freedom as a sovereign nation. As always, this most American of holidays will be marked by parades, fireworks and backyard barbecues across the country.

2.5 million
In July 1776, the estimated number of people living in the newly independent nation.
Source: Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970
<http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/statab.html>

307 million
The na...

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Touching Me, Touching You - at Work

 

Why are people at work always touching me?

I get bear hugs from men and unsolicited kisses on the cheek from women. Co-workers of both sexes grip my elbows, tap my knees and pat my back. An editor recently held my hand on deadline—literally. One work friend hugs me every time she sees me in the elevator, even if I’m furiously typing on my BlackBerry and jugglin...

How Michael Jackson Became a Brand Icon

 

Countless books advise how to build your personal brand. Michael Jackson was so unique that he cannot realistically serve as anyone's role model in that effort. Yet Jackson was unquestionably a brand icon and there are lessons to be learned. Here are the top ten factors that explain his icon status.

Start early. Michael began entertaining at the age of four. His career as...

Honduras, Legalidad y Legitimidad:  Spanish Dispatch from Managua

   

En términos políticos prácticos, el principal inconveniente de los golpes de Estado, al menos en América Latina, no es tanto su ilegalidad como su anacronismo.

Tiempo atrás, la ilegalidad no era un inconveniente serio para la aceptación.

En el país se callaba, por temor, mientras que en el exterior algunos gobie...

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Great Communicators Are Great Explainers

 

In the months since Barack Obama has taken office, a curious thing has occurred in his communication style. He has toned down the rhetoric and geared up the details. As Don Baer who once worked for President Bill Clinton put it, Obama is now "the Great Explainer."

In doing so, Obama is following in the tradition of a previous president, Franklin Roosevelt. At his ...

The Ricci Riddle and the Law's Limits

 

Can you break the law to avoid breaking the law? It sounds like a riddle, or a logical paradox, but in fact it is the question underlying yesterday's Supreme Court decision in Ricci v. DeStefano. And like other riddles, Ricci may have something deeper to teach us.

In 2003, the city of New Haven administered a test to select firefighters for officer positions. One hundred ...

The Earth Sublime

 

The terms environmental, earth and land art still powerfully conjure Michael Heizer’s Double Negative, Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty, Nancy Holt’s Sun Tunnels and other emblematic site-specific works from the ’60s and ’70s. Since then, the genre has radically evolved in its means and mission, encompassing myriad approaches that integrate esthetica...

Wimbledon 2009: Peerless Roger Federer Cuts Ivo Karlovic Down to Sighs

 

Ivo Karlovic was bombarded with questions about how it was that Roger Federer was able to tame his murderous serve when everyone else at Wimbledon found it simply unfathomable and unbreakable.

The slayed giant kept shrugging, trying vainly to explain it before he finally came up with what he felt was the most reasonable explanation. "It is only because he is bett...

Staying Competitive During an Economic Downturn

 

Recently we tuned into a very interesting (albeit somewhat depressing) conference call, Staying Competitive During an Economic Downturn, sponsored by the National LGBT Bar Association. Three experts provided their thoughts on the current legal job market and advice for navigating it:

Robert Depew. A Managing Director in Major, Lindsey & Africa's San Francisco offic...

India to Repeal Anti-Gay Law as Second National Gay Pride March is Held

 

As India held only its second national Gay Pride march yesterday, officials said that the country was planning to repeal a law against homosexuality that was introduced by the British almost 150 years ago.

India is one of the few professed liberal democracies in the world that still has such a law. The others are mostly Islamic or authoritarian, and even China lifted ...

A History of Gay and Lesbian Pride

 

Each year in June gays and lesbians prance and parade to celebrate Gay Pride Month. The history of Gay Pride Celebrations began in 1969 in Greenwich Village, New York City at the Stonewall Inn.

At the time, it was common all over the United States for police to raid gay and lesbian bars. While they were purportedly looking for liquor law or other violations, patrons were ...

Michael Jackson Asked Us: Does it Matter if You're Black or White?

 

In remembering Michael Jackson and celebrating his life as the "King of Pop,"  one finds that whilst many people loved his music, many were equally bewildered by his appearance. This is a reflection on the ways in which he made us think about race and identity.

Michael Jackson's album, ''Dangerous,'' premiered at No. 1 on Billboard's pop chart on Dec. 9, 199...

The First Gay Pride March in Asia

 

When a small group of vocal gays and lesbians took to the streets in Manila in 1994, not only were they marching for the first time to put gay rights on the political agenda in the Philippines, they were also the first to do so in Asia. Fifteen years later, it’s a national event that continues to keep the LGBT community visible in country, and gay pride marches are wid...

40 Years Later, Still Second-Class Americans

 

LIKE all students caught up in the civil rights and antiwar movements of the 1960s, I was riveted by the violent confrontations between the police and protestors in Selma, 1965, and Chicago, 1968. But I never heard about the several days of riots that rocked Greenwich Village after the police raided a gay bar called the Stonewall Inn in the we...

Michael Jackson Asked me to be Blanket's Godfather: Friend Mark Lester Gives Touching Insight

 

They were both childhood stars who made weekly transatlantic telephone calls to one another during a close friendship that lasted almost 30 years.

Mark Lester, who played the lead in the Seventies film Oliver!, and had mutual trust and when they became fathers, they made each other godparent to their respective children

Indeed, Jackson, who spoke to Lest...

The Women of Wimbledon Are Women of the World

 

Grunting seems to be a hot topic in women’s tennis these days, but if there’s a word that describes women’s tennis better than ‘loud’, surely it’s ‘international’. It seems like players come from a wider range of countries than ever.

It’s no exception at this year’s Wimbledon, where the end of the first week means...

The Business of Social Responsibility

 

Late last fall, some 600 business leaders—including CEOs, marketing directors, and investors in some of the nation's largest corporations—gathered at the Sheraton Grande, a giant nonunion conference center in downtown L.A., for the fifth annual meeting of an organization called Business for Social Responsibility. BSR started out as a small network of profit-mi...

More Women in Finance, a More Sustainable Economy

 

The amount of taxpayer dollars that has gone into cleaning up our top financial institutions' collective mess is staggering. Bank of America received $15 billion as part of the federal Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, and Wells Fargo each received $25 billion. But here's a cost-effective solution: Hire more women.

As has been pointed out w...

Os Olhos Abertos de Ricardo Rangel:  Dispatch from Brazil

 

“Amava bom vinho, boa comida, boa mulher e claro… Jazz; era um grande trabalhador, que perdeu a vida ainda trabalhando aos 85 anos, coisa muito rara; ele pensava na vida, não pensava na morte e tudo em que ele se metia era realmente com uma grande paixão; era um pai… Um pai, sim; o Ricardo, para mim, foi um fotógrafo completo”, co...




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