A Tribute to a Great Teacher
Do you have a Simone in your life? An old Japanese proverb says: better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher. I was supremely blessed to have more than one day with a truly transformational teacher, the late Simone Joyaux, ACFRE. It was the summer of 2000, that I first […]
Immigration: Economic Boom or Bust? (2714)
This week’s experts discuss the economics of immigration from very different perspectives.
The Abraham Accords: Will They Bring Peace to the Middle East? (2713)
This week’s discussion focuses on the Abraham Accords and their purpose. We ask- were they effective? And what will they mean to future peacekeeping in that part of the world?
China’s Young: What Is Their Future? (2712)
While their parents, the one-child policy generation, instituted in the 1980s and 1990s, which produced a generation of “only me” children, accepted the government mandates in every area of their lives, the restless generation does not. They are increasingly consumer-oriented, questioning government dictates, and expanding their world.
What Can We Learn from Dead Philosophers? (2709)
Eric Weiner, award-winning journalist, former foreign correspondent for NPR, and best-selling author of The Geography of Bliss, among others, joined hosts Dennis McCuistion and Jim Falk for a rollicking discussion on his newest work, The Socrates Express, and shared insights from some of our favorite philosophers.
Why Is Anti-Semitism Still With Us? (2711)
Is anti-Semitism still an issue in the U.S. and elsewhere? Our experts, Holly Huffnagle: The American Jewish Committee’s, U.S. Director, for Combating Antisemitism and Sara Abosch Jacobson, Ph.D., Senior Director for Education in the Dallas Holocaust Museum, say absolutely.
What do Americans Need to Know About China? (2710)
There is no doubt that the pandemic has caused our relations with China to plummet and accelerated the competition between us.
They are also the third-largest trading partner the U.S. has and the second-largest economy in the world and the most formidable competition that the U.S. has.
Bringing some new perspectives on this growing concern is David J. Firestein, the inaugural president and CEO of the George H. W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations (Bush China Foundation).
Universities: Assets or Liabilities in Your Community? (2708)
Universities have become big businesses — and our cities their company towns.
But if there is a cost to those who live in their shadow, are there also positive benefits?
Covid 19: Have Governments Failed Us? (2707)
John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge, authors of The Wake-Up Call: Why the Pandemic Has Exposed the Weakness of the West, and How to Fix It, join hosts Dennis McCuistion and Jim Falk for an in-depth and thought-provoking conversation on how COVID has uncovered serious deficiencies in governments around the world.
Judge Clay Jenkins on the Covid Response (2706)
Judge Clay Jenkins joins hosts Dennis McCuistion and Jim Falk to discuss the COVID response.
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