On my trip across America, one of my favorite stops was in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Coming fresh from the streets of New York City, I think I used to say R-Can-Zas, like Kansas with an R in front. Rocks and boulders lay strewn all over the sides of the road. Every so often a huge gaping canyon had been dug into the earth to excavate limestone, sandstone, granite or marble. There was a lot of rock quarrying going on. Some canyons were full of fresh, clear water, looked like small lakes, and were tempting enough to invite summer frolicking under the hot sun. The air is so dry that it will rob the moisture from your skin. Arkansas may be rock country, but it’s not barren of books.
The field of operational risk management is still relatively new. Last year, I thought about creating a risk textbook and shopping it to publishers like Pearson or Wiley because I have not been able to find a single risk textbook for classroom use either at the introductory or advanced level. When I examined that route more thoroughly, I realized that it would not work for me or my readers mainly because of the time involved to publish a book and the price the publisher would set for such a volume. Then there is the more elementary issue that most of my writing has immediacy, examining current events within the broader framework of risk, governance, policy, and law.
The American people are suffering from battered woman syndrome. This psychological condition is due to abuse, usually at the hands of an intimate partner. In our case, our abuser is the President of the United States. The President has turned us into a nation of battered women. Battered men also exist, but gender is not the issue. No matter what gender you are, we are legally bound to him, as much as he is legally bound to us. The president is our Big Daddy, and in his hands, we are all being battered.
3rd Annual LGBTQS UNITED AS ONE RALLY 2018 Theme: Faith+Hope+Love=Unity. Gay and straight leaders rally to combat violence against the gay community in New York. Press Conference: Tuesday, August 14, 2018, 6:00pm till 8:00pm, Watson Ave Community Room. 3rd Annual LGBTQS UNITED AS ONE RALLY 2018, held Sat, August 18, 2018 on the steps of the Bronx County Courthouse (161 Street and Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY).
There is an old adage that when a writer writes fiction, everyone thinks it’s true and when a writer writes non-fiction, people think some things were made up. Readers tend to think that writers only write fiction about the things that have happened to them in real life. However, that is not entirely true. Mr. Pamuk’s book brilliantly explores the truth underlying the magic of storytelling.
Where there is opportunity, there is art. Art is an expression of the day, of history, of common occurrence and of creative expression. Computers and Digital capabilities enabled the emergence of Digital Art.
It was that time again. For more than 25 years, every July I attend the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal. I can’t get myself to miss it. It’s the biggest comedy festival in the world. It’s like comedy camp! Everyone in comedy you’d want to know is there.
