Blog #54, August 1, 2026 The U.S. is a big nation, with the most obesity of any large country. Why? Economic historian John Komlos has come up with a comprehensive explanation looking at long-term trends that takes into account food industry practices and the major re-tooling of society. Sizing down will be a huge challenge. While our growing wider became quite visible in

In his 1961 inaugural address President John F. Kennedy (JFK) said, “Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” What was the reason for this effort to inspire a redirection of America and its political thinking? During the roaring twenties, a hundred years ago, the country allowed a few people

There has been a rapid shift in today’s media landscape due to the large volume of media—and now AI-generated content—bombarding us with too much information (TMI), which can lead to passivity and tuning out and even great misconceptions. This increases the pace of life and decreases face-to-face social interaction. Loneliness has become very common. Isolation from real human interaction has

As we get ready to celebrate Mother’s Day on May 10, we need to take a closer look at some of the realities of motherhood in the United States. We are all here because of motherhood. Test tube babies, namely those raised without any mother rather than those arising from In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), haven’t made the scene and likely