• Corporate Social Responsibility: Good for Business, Good for Us0

    By now, most companies have programs in place to address environmental issues and other socially minded matters.  Today, corporate social responsibility is about more than just good PR — it's also about good business and taking care of customers. Daily Finance, 4/30/2012

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  • John Updike on the Ethics and Poetics of Criticism0

      As beloved author John Updike said, "Better to praise and share than blame and ban." We need to relearn the skills of making criticism constructive rather than destructive, and we need look no further than the introduction to John Updike’s 1977 anthology of prose, Picked-Up Pieces, where Updike codifies the ethics and poetics of

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  • Making Progress Against Clutter0

    Jane Brody writes about not only decluttering the things in your life, but making room for real conversation and communication with the people who matter to you. The New York Times, 4/30/2012

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  • Untested Chemicals in Beauty Products?0

    Find out what chemicals are in your cosmetics, hair and other personal care products– from lead in lipstick to formaldehyde in hair and nail products, to diethyl phalate in perfume. According to Janet Nudelman, spokeswoman for the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, a coalition that advocates for safer cosmetics and hygiene products, “The problem is that

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  • Every Body Walk With The Cast Of The West Wing0

    An all-star cast from the award-winning television series The West Wing reunited for a Funny or Die public service announcement that launched yesterday for Every Body Walk!, an inspiring campaign about the health benefits of walking. Every Body Walk! aims to get people up and walking – 30 minutes a day, five days a week –

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  • Made in America: Global Companies Expand in U.S. Towns0

    Global Foundries, which makes semiconductors, has helped breathe life into the small town of Malta in upstate New York with new jobs and training programs at area schools. The town has been transformed economically because of their commitment to getting this global company to pick their town for a new factory. Germany's Siemens, Scandinavia's Electrolux,

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