Berto Jongman: Does Power Make You Mean? Yes. Also Stupid and Very, Very Unethical

Does power make you mean? By Susanne Gargiulo CNN October 24, 2013 “Thinking Business” focuses on the psychology of getting ahead in the workplace by exploring techniques to boost employee performance, increase creativity and productivity. (CNN) — We all know the story. Someone gets promoted at work and suddenly they change — they start forgetting …

SchwartzReport: NSA Has Not Foiled a SINGLE Terrorist Plot + NSA Meta-RECAP

Here is what I believe is a correct assessment concerning the creation of the national security state in which we live today. Absurd amounts of money have been spent, and civil liberties abridged to an unprecedented degree, on the basis of a threat consisting of little gangs. It is transparently disproportionate, there has to be …

SchwartzReport: All Dried Up – China Water Crisis

All Dried Up The Economist (U.K.) Water is destiny. And here, once again, is evidence of this. China’s water and, thus, food problems hold tremendous implications for not just China but the world. BEIJING — CHINA endures choking smog, mass destruction of habitats and food poisoned with heavy metals. But ask an environmentalist what is …