The odds are quite high that you've heard about this report which came out yesterday, so I'm not going to discuss the contents of the report here. There are several places where you can read about, such as the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. If you would like to go the original source … Continue reading Meat Is Linked to Higher Cancer Risk, World Health Organization Report Finds →

Last night, my wife, son, and I hopped on the Norristown High Speed Line (part of Philly's public transit system) and 15 minutes later we were walking into the venerable Tower Theater in Upper Darby, PA. The reason for the journey was to see the hilarious, high-energy comedian Sebastian Maniscaclo. I've written about Sebastian before, … Continue reading Live from the Tower Theater: It’s Sebastian Maniscalco! →

The word billion seems to figure prominently in my writings this week. A couple of days ago I wrote about the 10 music videos that have accumulated more than one billion views on YouTube, and today I'm writing about the incredible increase in wealth that many tech titans experienced yesterday as a result of a rally … Continue reading What a Day to be a Tech Titan →

Earlier this week I wrote about the decision made by Villanova University to create an armed police force on campus. As you might expect, such a decision invoked strong opinions on each side of the issue, and it did not take long to find out what those opinions were. Several students who were against the … Continue reading Villanova Students Lead Protest Against Arming Campus Police →

I was watching a YouTube video the other day (for research purposes) and I noticed in the listing of videos on the right side of the screen that there was a video that had over one billion views. So I decided to check to see if there were any other videos with that many views, … Continue reading YouTube’s One Billion Views Club →

Yesterday, my school, Villanova University, announced that it will add armed police officers to its campus, beginning in Fall 2016. The decision follows a two-year study by a university task force and work by an independent consultant. The Catholic university currently has a 75-member public safety department, responsible for patrol, investigations, parking enforcement, residence hall and building … Continue reading Villanova to Create Armed Police Force on Campus →

The Philadelphia Inquirer had a story today about the most recent Nobel Prize winner in Economics, Angus Deaton. Deaton is a professor at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. Deaton's research has touched on a range of topics as diverse as calorie consumption, health care, suicide, poverty, and the pursuit of happiness. Because … Continue reading An Intellectual Omnivore, and Probably a Happy One →

Al Lewis and Vik Khanna, co-founders of Quizzify, a company that teaches employees how to buy and use health care, recently wrote an article for Harvard Business Review titled "Corporate Wellness Programs Lose Money". This was disappointing for me to read, since I am a big proponent of wellness programs. One report cited by the authors, known as … Continue reading Corporate Wellness Programs Lose Money →

Wrigley, the makers of Extra gum, released a great commercial this past week. The commercial follows the courtship of two young adults, from high school onwards, while the song "Can't Help Falling in Love" by Haley Reinhart plays in the background. It's the perfect song to accompany the story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLpDiIVX0Wo Who would have thought that … Continue reading Heartwarming Commercial – about Gum →

Yesterday I posted the eulogy I gave for my Mom, who passed away last Friday. I told stories about my Mom that I hoped would give people a sense of who she was. However, there was one story I left out, since I did not think it would be appropriate to be talking about the … Continue reading My Mom and the Ouija Board →