‘Food for Thought’ puts a tasty spin on consuming literature
By MJ Franklin From Mashable In her Food for Thought: Book Collection In Tins series, designer Maria Mordvintseva-Keeler puts a foodie twist on how we consume literature. Instead of a traditional book, Mordvintseva-Keeler has neatly packaged three classic stories, Breakfast…
An abandoned building
An abandoned building on Achill Island in County Mayo, Ireland By Gary Arndt From Everything Everywhere Announcing My 2015 Travel Photography Tour – The Galapagos Islands 2015 Travel Photography Tour For the last few months I’ve had dozens of people…
Study: Supreme Court’s not as liberal as people think
By Marcia Coyle From The National Law Journal Conservative talk radio sometimes bashes the U.S. Supreme Court for its purported liberal activism run amok, but the court actually lies close to the center of public opinion and indeed leans to…
Change in the Caribbean?
By Howard J. Silver From Social Science Space December 17, 2014, was a day of surprise to both the American and Cuban people. On that day presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro announced that the United States would move toward…
Gadget of the week
Former Apple, NASA and Pixar developers launch beautiful Olio smartwatch By Samantha Murphy Kelly From Mashable The Apple Watch is a high-tech timepiece from a powerhouse company, but what do you call a smartwatch designed by some of the brightest…
Robots need to make us happy and know when we’re sad
By Terrence O’Brien From engadget Cynthia Breazeal has a pretty impressive resume. She’s the director of the personal robotics group at the MIT Media Lab, creator of the landmark Kismet robot and now she’s the founder, CEO and chief scientist…
From Lateral to Chairwoman in eight years at Crowell & Moring
By Katelyn Polantz, From The National Law Journal Eight years is not a long time to propel a lawyer from lateral recruit to firm chairwoman. But Angela Styles did it. Loyal now to Crowell & Moring, the government-contracts attorney keeps…
Consumer agency confronts mandatory arbitration agreements
By Jenna Greene, From The National Law Journal For years, businesses have argued that mandatory arbitration is good for consumers, that it’s faster and cheaper and the outcome is as good or better than going to court. A new study…
In home stretch, the president [US] shifts gears
By Les Slater From Caribbean Life The political calculus always made a GOP-dominated Congress an even possibility following the 2014 mid-term elections. Republicans saw where tapping into the historic pattern of malaise among the Democratic base in off-year elections could…
