We were all laid off at once. Three-quarters of the staff, all young editors at a recently launched Web site, congregated in a rolling-chair circle in our small office. Everything was so unexpected and immediate that the general response ranged from wide-eyed smiles and awkward laughs to unchecked t...

By Susan Logue

by Mike Kravinsky

This is an excellent article from the Voice of America on Daniel Pink and his best seller  A Whole New Mind: Why Right Brainers Will Rule the Future,  The article explores the future of education and what the US needs to do to remain a leader. 

Though, one wonders if futurists, by design, can ever truly be satisfied. One of the main drawbacks of contemporary computers is that they force us to use them in an uncomfortable way. Hunched over our keyboards and neck-craned over our smartphones, we adopt more of a repetitive, robotic existence: ...

Unbelievably inexpensive homes are attracting artists to the Motor City, where they can live and work.

by Mike Kravinsky

Living to age 100 and older is no longer a rarity. Centenarians are now the world's fastest growing age group, according to longevity experts. 

By Faiza Elmasry

There is a great story I love to tell about my cousin Zell Kravinsky. At a Passover gathering maybe fifteen years ago, our extended family was catching up on what's going on in our lives. "So Zell, how's everything?" I asked. "Oh, I just brought a small apartment near the University of Pennsylvania....