How did we get here with Iran? The story goes back much further than many would believe but puts today’s events in a much more clear view. Iran knows that disliking America has been a sport since it became a superpower after WWII and keeps score through manipulation of perception, such as the recently downed passenger jetliner. From David and Goliath perceptions when the US beat the British Empire to the US’ becoming a Goliath, and from a secular Iran to an Islamist state the relationship between the two countries has evolved.
East vs West global powers – A decade in review pt2
In Part I of this article, we covered a review of economic-related data for four centers of power for the past decade. In Part II, we cover changes to military power, political orientations, and backward progress for gender equality.
East vs West global powers – A decade in review pt1
In the contest for global supremacy, China gains, western nations maintain with the US in the lead, Russia’s military-first strategy conceals decline, and disunited Islamic nations can’t compete. Part 1.
2 years on – Oprah’s new horizon becomes a reinforced glass ceiling
Two years ago, Oprah galvanized the Golden Globes with her #metoo speech. She declared a new day was on the horizon. For men – time was up. Oprah threw down […]
A retro decade for the women in country
In the late 20th century, the women of country music were charting a path of progress toward parity with their male counterparts and then things began to go backward. The […]
Women Leaders: Washington Post ✘: Obama ✔
Is it a Christmas gift that both sides of the aisle agree on something? Writers for liberal and conservative media, the Washington Post and the Washington Times, agree that Obama […]
Women Leaders: Fox News ✘: Obama ✔
The blowback from Obama’s recent statement about women being better leaders has included comments from other women. This intra-gender bias, women biased against women, isn’t new.
The Oxymoronic United Nations
When the United Nations was created after WWII, its role was its name: to unite nations. Sovereign nations were to be united in peace and universally committed to fundamental freedoms. […]
Piling on the unconscious bias against female doctors
Some languages, like English, are androcentric. The he pronoun can refer to he and she or just he. The word doctors refer to male doctors, or male and female doctors. […]
Sight unseen female leaders cause a negative market reaction – That’s unconscious bias.
A research paper from two professors at INSEAD, that cited multiple other studies was published in October but picked up by different mass media outlets this past week, (most of […]