The middle class is teetering on the brink of collapse just as surely as AIG was in the fall of 2009 - only this time, it's not just one giant insurance company (and its banking counterparties) facing disaster, it's tens of millions of hardworking Americans who played by the rules.

Consumer habits have changed dramatically. People have gotten used to getting the news they want, when they want it, how they want it, and where they want it. And this change is here to stay. Despite all the dire reports about the state of the newspaper industry, we are actually in the middle of a golden age for news consumers who can surf the Net, use search engines, access the best stories from around the world, and be able to comment, interact, and form communities.

Hollywood has gone from the capital of conspicuous consumption to the cutting edge of conspicuous conservation.

Liberation is an ever shifting horizon, a total ideology that can never fulfill its promises. It has the therapeutic quality of providing emotionally charged rituals of solidarity in hatred - it is the amphetamine of its believers.

I always try to practice what I preach. I meditate for fifteen minutes every day and do yoga several times a week.

You can't manage creativity. You need to manage for creativity. You need to create the space for it to emerge.

Meditation, yoga, and walks are all ways to regulate our stress and reconnect.