Here is a message for book clubs, students, and all Americans. It will foster deep and valuable insights — the kind we should all experience. After divulging the story of his horrendous early years in Romania he presents an outsider’s view of the America he came to, entirely without knowledge of the reality of our…Read More
In some ways, the conflict in Syria has been hardest on women. More than 100,000 people have died, and four million have been forced from their homes. Women shoulder a heavy burden. The culture is already a harsh, compulsive environment for them. Often, they are forced into marriages and occupy a role as second-class citizens.…Read More
Short-term is Short-Sighted
In Aspen Institute
Short-Term is Short-Sighted We had a phone conversation with Miguel Padro at The Aspen Institute on the questionable pursuit of “shareholder value” as a central business strategy. He agreed that it’s become a destructive obsession with public companies, thanks to Wall Street’s avidity for short-term profits. The conversation ranged fairly widely but we tended to…Read More
Evil comes in many different forms. But it is our own responsibility to recognize it and more importantly, to do something about it. This book is a great reminder about how we can overcome obstacles and painful experiences in our past and shows us that we are faced with constant choices between good and evil…Read More
To read Peter Georgescu’s THE CONSTANT CHOICE is to share the life journey of a unique man–a highly successful business leader who is capable of examining his own life with remarkable candor, humor, self-questioning, and depth. Partly the memoir of a life spent struggling to outgrow the effects of a childhood under Communist brutality, partly…Read More
