Archive for the ‘Global’ Category

Eight years ago, I could have used that halfway house. As an English major fresh from the cornfields of Grinnell, Iowa, I wondered what to do with a degree bestowed by the department of Humanities. (Oh, the humanity indeed). Although I could analyze Pa…

As graduation day approaches for many college students, my colleague Megan Pluskis and I have decided to examine the different paths we took to our eventual meeting at Siegel+Gale—where we now sit just a swivel-roll away from each other.

My love for and fascination with the mountains recently led me to 18,500-foot Pico de Orizaba in southern central Mexico. My time on Pico was everything I had hoped it would be. I spent three days on the mountain, acclimatizing to the high altitude and…

Many of the people I graduated college with shared similar aspirations of big city living. “The City” with all its “opportunities” created a sense of solace for the aimless senior—and the looks on people’s faces upon hearing you were Manhattan-bo…

The New York Times spends a lot of money to create the high-quality content it has, and its business model depends on getting people to pay for that content. That strategy seems to be working for the newspaper so far. Still, that paywall turns plenty o…

Not to be outdone by TIME magazine’s May 21 cover on “attachment parenting”—which features a young mother breastfeeding her 3-year-old son—Newsweek today issued an equally provocative cover story. It shows President Obama, with a rainbow-colo…

When I was a child in the early 1960s, Mercedes-Benz model cars were my most valued toys. In my world, those who drove a Mercedes had “made it.” Our chancellors, Konrad Adenauer and then Ludwig Erhard, had Mercedes cars. Chief executives drove or were …

In Greek mythology, the loquacious wood nymph Echo upsets the goddess Hera with her constant chatter. As a punishment, Hera deprives Echo of speech, leaving her with only the ability to repeat the last words spoken by another. Without a voice, Echo fai…

Around for more than 100 years, Monopoly has always been much more than a game. Its board design, playing pieces and rules have been revamped time and time again to reflect the ethos, cultures and experiences of the people who use them. Maybe that’s …

With the Olympic countdown well upon us, there’s much debate about Team Great Britain’s adidas-branded, Stella McCartney-designed kit. Among the many things that could go wrong, the British Olympics Association probably didn’t expect to be defendin…