Media
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How NOT to Read the News

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Patricia Vaccarino
March 10, 2024

There is something perverse and horrifying about scanning the news on our phones, seeing babies dying in Gaza, juxtaposed next to gossip about celebrities wearing wigs, and an ad for Scope Mouthwash. Dishing up tragedy, trivia and trash in the same screen creates ambiguity, a false take on reality, and it is eroding our consciousness. The news has become a trigger for anxiety, depression, anger, and despair.

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Books
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Book Review: Not Under Forty

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Patricia Vaccarino
March 08, 2024

Willa Cather’s hard-to-find collection of essays harkens to a gentler time when ladies of letters shared their access to the pinnacle of culture within the rank and file of their rarefied worlds. 

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Health
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Mixing Healthful Elixirs with Social Inclusion

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Barbara McMichael
March 06, 2024

In Tacoma, Washington, a 20-something entrepreneur has combined her faith, her culture, her business training and her commitment to healthy living to launch Aafiya Lounge. Currently, Raihab Baig is running her enterprise as an event mocktail catering service, searchable online via Instagram, Facebook and TikTok, but her aspiration is to open a bricks-and-mortar nonalcoholic venue in Tacoma sometime in the next year.

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World Views
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Biden Can Stop the Middle East War from Losing His Election

Nick J. Licata
March 03, 2024

Nick Licata’s analysis of America’s involvement in the Middle East is clear, cogent and powerful. President Biden must get Democrats to accept that he is being fair to both the Israelis and the Palestinians. And convince independents that he can keep our nation out of war.

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Books
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Book Review: The Least Of Us

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Patricia Vaccarino
February 25, 2024

We all know of people who have died as a result of using Fentanyl and/or Meth. “The Least Of Us” is an amazing narrative that explains why so many are dying. 

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Book Review: The Hawk's Way

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Patricia Vaccarino
February 17, 2024

Sy Montgomery’s exquisite writing adds drama and dimension to the Hawk’s Way: “Hunt hard. Kill Swiftly. Waste Nothing. Offer no apologies.”

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World Views
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February 2024 Magazine

PR for People Team
February 14, 2024

Our feature story this month, by Barbara Lloyd McMichael, is about John de Graaf's latest film that depicts Katharine Lee Bates, who wrote the lyrics for America the Beautiful. Yes, indeed, women are a force for good, and if you believe that, then please pass along this platform. #WomenBelieve. On an entirely different note, Art Gets a Free Ridedemonstrates how the rich use art to get richer. While we’re on the subject of wealth, please see Annie Searle’s Sanitizing Bad News that examines the elements of risk inherent in the structure of large corporations.

 

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Business
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Sanitizing Bad News

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Annie Searle
February 11, 2024

I was thrilled to be the first expert interviewed by Sean Costigan in Red Sift’s new podcast series, “Resilience Rising,” available on Spotify. We covered a lot of ground, looking at firms like Wells Fargo, Boeing, Theranos, and JPMorgan Chase.  I had written about much of what we discussed in 2017 in an article for Risk Universe magazine called “Executives and Risk: What Your Teams Won’t Tell You.”

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