WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".
Pearl River There’s so much hype these days about artificial intelligence that taking it all with a grain of salt seems the best course. Our tech masters are in a life-or-death competition that’s driving way too much of the economy now, as they try to sort out who or what will be the winners …
Pearl River Reports indicate that reading is down for many, book purchases are flat, and audiobooks are rising. Some have engaged in a back and forth about whether listening to audiobooks should classify as reading. I don’t have a dog in that race. Reading is reading, and listening is listening. Both are invaluable. One …
Pearl River The movies and television have created myths about the critical importance in crime fighting of profilers. Jodie Foster helped set the pattern as a rookie criminal phycological profiler in “Silence of the Lambs”, and many have trod that now well-worn path since then. For my money, the scariest outgrowth of this cop …