Category: American Culture

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A Stew?

Recently, one of my favorite people related a metaphor that I would like to share. He said: If you think of safety as a stew, the traditional elements of safety — safety audits, incident investigations, policies and procedures, even safety training programs — are the solid ingredients of a stew, i.e. the meat and vegetables.

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Should College Athletes Be Compensated?

Should all Division I football and basketball players get additional compensation? Should the compensation be commensurate with the player contributions much like it is in the NBA and NFL? Should other “minor sports” also get some compensation even though they don’t generate much – if any – revenue?

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Incarceration for Addiction is Bad for Everyone

America has the highest incarceration rates in the developed world.  Most of those incarcerated fit into a narrow socioeconomic segment of the population and are being warehoused for non-violent offences.  Why are we doing this to ourselves and what can be done to reverse this situation that always takes us to a place we don’t

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