Summertime Jobs Disappear

At its highest last year, student employment reached over 31%. That’s lower than the lowest rate for any month in 2004, Continue reading →

Is Retirement An Illusion

Not surprisingly, the older you are the more likely you are to think about retirement. Despite several retirement programs: Social Continue reading →

CEOs Make More Workers Make Less

Wage stagnation is being debated as various sectors suggest slides while others hint at improvements. That’s true for typical workers. Continue reading →

Tricorders For Real

Captain Kirk’s communicator became the flip phone, which most have passed and moved on to smartphones. The little computer bricks Continue reading →

Necessary Relocations

Disasters, whether natural, political, or military, make habitable places inhabitable. People must move, and they do. With tens of millions Continue reading →

Mass Extinction Number Six

Species either evolve or become extinct. Extinctions happen all the time, but in the planet’s history there have been five Continue reading →

Artificial Art

Add Artificial Art (AA) to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Artificial Emotion (AE). Google had some fun and let the hardware Continue reading →

US Affordable Housing Disappearing

Two simple trends have created one sad fact: Since 2000, wages are effectively stagnant but rents are rising; especially since Continue reading →