Oil companies say that demand will never be the same and that refinery cutbacks are necessary to boost sagging profits. Meanwhile, more cash-strapped shoppers are looking to save money and time shopping online. What do these seemingly separate trends have to do with one another? A lot more than you might think. Learn why e-commerce may contribute to increasing fuel prices, inflation and a retail landscape of tomorrow that hardly resembles anything we know today.
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Job Loss Breaks Social Ties — Starting Over
Sociologists followed a Wisconsin graduating class for over 45 years and found that when career circumstances change for the worse, social ties tend to break. Hard times may be temporary, but the isolation may be permanent. Learn how to fight back.
Harvard Professor Plays the Race Card
Victimhood never flatters anyone. A Harvard Professor of African and African American studies allegedly baits officer into arresting him in front of his own home, and then cries "foul". Does the esteemed professor have a basis for the racism claim? Learn how to make a break with the "blame game".