Revenge of the Geeks: The Day Washington Reversed Course
January 19, 2012 We’ve all heard of the geeks — Jobs, Bezos, Chambers, Ellison, Gates, Jacobs, Zuckerberg. But political Washington has never much concerned itself with the geek community. Yesterday,...
View ArticleBuilding a legacy: Wangari Maathai Day and a new award
A woodland in full color is awesome as a forest fire, in magnitude at least, but a single tree is like a dancing tongue of flame to warm the heart. –Hal Borland. Many of you know that Dr. Wangari Muta...
View ArticleCongressional Leaders in Super Bowl Move Choose to Let Election Year Politics...
By coming to an agreement to extend the payroll tax cut, leaders from both political parties are destroying our children’s future so they can keep their Congressional seats. Republicans and Democrats...
View ArticleMy Inventory Part II: Leadership, Sustainability, Philosophy, Ethics & Politics
Note: I originally published the intro to my extensive list of column links on April 6, 2011. I like what I wrote back then and am leaving it verbatim. What has changed is that I have added links to...
View ArticleIs this a real big step toward holding politicians accountable?
Folks, I rarely quote press releases like this, but the folks at FlackCheck.org, sister site of FactCheck.org, might have something brilliant here. They do have a great record of independent,...
View ArticleBessie & Claude’s Innovative Ideas Inventory
Clerk doing inventory using a handheld computer{Tesco Lotus supermarket, Sakon Nakhon, Thailand, 2007} [This photo used for generic illustrative purposes only] Blogmaster’s note: Recently, Bessie and...
View ArticleSeven Things Americans Want This Election Year
In my job, I travel and talk to Americans from all walks of life, coast to coast, Red America and Blue America. I hear their wisdom, ideas, frustrations and concerns. But in today’s media culture, the...
View ArticleNew Kingmakers and the JOBS Act
Editor’s note: Here’s another column from Solomon. Hope you enjoy it! Solomon’s bio can be found here. –Bessie. In the world of the kingmakers We live in an age of kingmakers. These are self-styled...
View ArticleWisdom from a Sojourning Martian
Page updated June 2, 2014 Recently I visited Dr. Ben Carson’s website and was inspired by his leadership. So I decided to review my notes of mostly unused ideas and share them with you. As Dr. Carson...
View ArticleFor Immediate Release: Candidate for Governor’s Council Goes Indiegogo
Blogmaster’s note: Please welcome our new columnist to the Secretary of Innovation (SoI) blog community: Tom Sheff. Below is Tom’s first contribution to SoI. Tom’s bio can be found here. –Claude. FOR...
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