Human influenced climate change is real my friends. Regardless of Presidential policy. While U.S. government action on climate change oscillates based on party control, the marketplace has increasingly ruled in favor of science. Over the past decade more and more companies have pledged to fight climate change. The U.S. government’s withdrawal from the Paris climate …
Yesterday’s negative claim about the ALS Foundation by the Political Ears website is an outrageous example of a low class website intentionally using data out of context to exploit a good organization. Yes the article reports accurately that only 27% of funds raised (last year) were directed towards research. But then like a dirty political campaign it uses …
The United States Supreme Court decision (PDF) this week in favor of Hobby Lobby has struck a cord and again raised the level of discussion around the subject of corporations as people. For my religious conservative friends it is a win for religious freedom and my liberal friends an attack on women’s rights. This case would …
For over 25 years the Straz Center has been a community destination, a nurturing home to passionate artists and performers, an educational haven, and a source of pride for employees, volunteers, and patrons. The Straz Center has also been a catalyst for the redevelopment of Downtown Tampa. For 25 years the Straz Center has been …
Empathy: The ability to understand and share the feelings of another. Last month at TEDx Tampa Bay one of the presenters, Deena Fidas, Deputy Director of the Public Education and Outreach Department for the Human Rights Campaign gave a great talk on how the private sector is way ahead of the government when it comes to …
As an entrepreneur and small business owner I often find myself in conflict feeling comfortable with large corporations. I remember looking into a Sam’s Club membership about five years ago and walking out of the store when they offered, as part of their “Small Business Membership” to provide me a free website package. Wait… that’s what I do… …
November 3, 2010 – United States – In an unprecedented come-from-nowhere campaign strategy Facebook swept the 2010 midterm election clearly demonstrating the social network’s flexibility and dominance over other social networks. Foursquare was an early favorite of political and social media gurus as early as June. A grassroots push had formed to help Foursquare with …
Mark Sharpe gave a presentation at today’s Exchange Club luncheon addressing the need for a transit plan for the Tampa Bay area and really seems to understand the value of providing mobility options and how it will affect people and organizations decisions to visit, relocate or do business here. I commended him on Facebook where …
I attended the lunchtime Tea Party in downtown Tampa today and was impressed by the turnout and enthusiasm of the crowd. The crowd while mainly Republican was a solid mix of independents, Libertarians and Democrats based on my observations of signs and shirts at least. While I am encouraged by the outpouring of support and …
As we continue to bail out private industries and prepare to file our taxes (or extensions) next week, I am reminded by the following two quotes that this is probably not how the founders (or at least Jefferson) intended it to be. The first relates to the lessons we can learn from our founder as …