(April 2020) – A few years ago, I was having one of those in-depth conversations with a friend over wine, and we were trying to solve the world’s problems. The topic turned to what it...
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(March 2020) – There’s been a lot of talk about how women earn at least 15% less than men for doing the same work. New research from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and the...
(February 2020) – When Golf Channel was formed in 1995 in an office park near International Drive, the Orlando Magic were headed to the playoffs as the top team in the NBA Atlantic Division...
(January 2020) – I always like to ask people, “What did you want to be when you were a kid?” It’s fascinating how our childhood interests seem to show up eventually in our careers and...
(December 2019) – I’ve lived all over Central Florida for almost 35 years now, and I still love looking at the region through other people’s eyes as if I’m arriving here for the first time. It...
(November 2019) – When I was growing up, I always thought I wouldn’t have to worry about money if I just worked hard enough. Early in my career I heard the saying, “Do what you love, and the...
(October 2019) -I remember the first time I ever encountered a typesetting machine. I was in a high school program in St. Petersburg at the Poynter Institute, which is still today an esteemed...
(September 2019) – I’ve always been a nut about the space program. I grew up in Baltimore in the 1960s, and one of my neighbors sent me a postcard from his trip to Florida: a three-dimensional...
At the 2019 Espy Awards recognizing this year’s crop of leaders in sports, women’s soccer forward Alex Morgan held up the trophy she had just won for Best Female Athlete and said, “Sorry, but this is...
I was speaking with a scientist who moved to Central Florida this year from Pennsylvania. She’s the founder and CEO of a company that develops pharmaceuticals for hay fever and allergies, and her...