Why You Should Support the Arts

Many people tend to think of the arts as frivolous, pretty things to see, hear, read or do if you’re rich or on vacation. Some actually think the arts are simply unessential.  They’re all wrong. There are approximately 100,000 nonprofit

Young Bloggers: Youth Outlook Wants YOU!

YO! Youth Outlook, a multimedia collaboration of youth perspectives, is calling for bloggers to share their thoughts on America’s regime change. Building on the success of 2008’s virtual events, YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia and WireTap are proud to announce our

Origins of Virtue and Outliers

Cover via Amazon If we are to recover social harmony and virtue, if we are to build back into society the virtues that made it work for us, it is vital that we reduce the power and scope of the

Save a Life: Get Emergency Response Training!

With Hurricanes Ike and Katrina fresh in our memories, not to mention the everyday dangers of fire and other household disasters, it only makes sense to get CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) trainingso you know how to respond in an

Everything Old Is New Again

With all this talk/hype about social media, I’m beginning to think we’re all new media douchebags. The plethora of “how to” articles and posts on ways to increase your followers, friends, fans, and other cult hangers-on seem to be regurgitating

Happy New Year! Sublime in '09 …

So far, I’ve managed to start the year out right: Day 1: Spent (most of) the day in bed, sans hangover & drama. Spent other bits of the day in good company. Day 2: Met with BooTown on doing Public