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There are some facts we have to deal with: Facebook is here to stay and it has already had a profound impact on how we view relationships with our peers. Concepts like "facebooking" and "liking" have become fixtures not just in our pop culture but in our personal lives. Facebook is likely to evolve into the ID badge of the future branding your online presence anywhere you go … [Read more...] about Facebook might be killing your happiness

At the end of last year Pepperdine's School of Public Policy's Davenport Institute for Public Engagement and Civic Leadership has been in the news for the release of a report on the current state of education spending in California. The project is an expansion of an earlier study published in June 2010 entitled "An Analysis of K-12 Education Expenditures in California: FY … [Read more...] about SPP highlights CA's education budget

Monday Jan. 31 2011: a day no soccer fan will ever forget. It was the day that Andy Carroll an unproven 22-year-old striker was sold from Newcastle to Liverpool for £35 million ($54 million) to become the eighth most expensive player of all time as well as the most expensive British player of all time. This appears to be a normal transaction on the surface considering the … [Read more...] about A day no soccer fan will ever forget

Tired of the cable news talking heads screaming at you through your television screen? Sick of Sean Hannity questioning the legitimacy of Barack Obama's birth certificate on a nightly basis? Fed up with Rachel Maddow's uncomfortable juxtaposition of sarcasm and condescension? Uninterested in watching Anderson Cooper get the crap beat out of him on live TV? Do you just want the … [Read more...] about Pharoah will not let his people go

At age 6 I approached my parents in our living room and told them that my mind was made up. I was absolutely positive of my future. I was going to be an "officer." What I meant I think was that I wanted to dress up in a business suit go to a big office sit at a desk with a nameplate use paperclips and do important business things. So for Christmas that year my parents bought me … [Read more...] about Redefining the money cliché