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Author Archives: Harry Katz
So you want to talk about race
So you want to talk about race By Ijeoma Oluo Seal Press, New York, 2018 In the wake of the murder of George Floyd by a white police officer in Minneapolis, and the nation-wide protests that followed, many white people, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Law and justice, Politics
Tagged book reviews, ijeoma oluo, nonfiction, race, racism, social justice
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Gorsuch Surprises, Alito Spews, Scalia Haunts in Bostock v. Clayton County
On Monday, June 15, 2020, the United States Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects homosexual and transgender individuals from job discrimination. This decision has been hailed as a major victory for … Continue reading
Posted in Law and justice, Politics
Tagged Bostock, civil rights, law review, LGBTQ, SCOTUS, sexual orientation, Supreme Court, transgender
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Good Economics for Hard Times
Good Economics for Hard Times By Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo Hachette Book Group, New York, 2019 Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics for their research into alleviating global poverty. In Good Economics … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Economics
Tagged banerjee, book reviews, duflo, growth, immigration, nonfiction, trade
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Supreme Court Upholds Limits on Attendance at Church Services
At about midnight last night the United States Supreme Court, in a 5.4 decision, upheld California’s restrictions on the number of people who can attend church services during the coronavirus emergency. Scotusblog has posted the written decision. The South Bay … Continue reading
Posted in Law and justice, Politics
Tagged constitution, coronavirus, COVID-19, religion, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
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Together
Together By Vivek H. Murthy, MD HarperCollinsPublishers, New York, 2020 You can die of loneliness. It’s not just poetic sentiment, it’s a medical fact. Research shows that lack of social connection is just as hazardous to life expectancy as smoking … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Health and wellness
Tagged book reviews, community, connection, friendship, loneliness, nonfiction, together, vivek murthy
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Solar power is becoming insanely cheap
The cost of solar power has fallen by a factor of 5 since 2010, and it will keep falling for decades to come. That’s the gist of a May 14, 2020 blog post titled Solar’s Future Is Insanely Cheap (2020) … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Environment
Tagged decarbomization, fossil fuel, lcoe, ramez naam, solar, solar energy, solar power
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The Storm Before the Calm
The Storm Before the Calm By George Friedman Penguin Random House, New York, 2020 I can’t decide whether George Friedman is a genius or a crackpot. Friedman has made a career of geopolitical forecasting. He’s founded a couple of consulting … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Politics
Tagged book reviews, Economics, forecasting, government, History, nonfiction, Politics, US history
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Strictly Ballroom
We watched Strictly Ballroom last night. Again. Hadn’t seen it in years. I first saw it at the Toronto International Film Festival where it won the People’s Choice Award. A few months later, when it was released in theaters, I … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment
Tagged ballroom dancing, dancing, movie reviews, movies, strictly ballroom
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Relationships at Work: Power, Trust and Peek-a-boo!
I’m working from home during the coronavirus shutdown and I’ve got into the habit of taking a long walk around my neighborhood at the end of each day. One of the podcasts I listen to on my daily walks is … Continue reading
Posted in Health and wellness
Tagged adam grant, esther perel, podcast, relationships, trust, worklife
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