The term “creeping obesity” was coined by Ellington Darden of the Nautilus Sports Medicine Center and has been used regularly for the last 25 years in health and wellness textbooks. At about age 25 we lose up to ½ pound of lean muscle tissue per year. And if that were not bad enough, fat cell … Continue reading Our Creeping Obesity — by Julian Kaufman
TESTIMONIAL CATEGORIES DEI Leadership Development Cultural Bias & Inclusion Going Southern Storytelling & Writing Religious Diversity Community 1. DEI LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT “Deborah is a Change Agent, a thought leader. She was an advocate for diversity and inclusion long before it was popular, a current trend of events. It can be lonely at times doing this … Continue reading ADR Testimonials
Originally published in The Chattanooga Times Free Press Current debates about preserving history can be toxic, but our Bluff View Art District illustrates an important dimension to that debate: Art. One of Bluff View’s treasures is its oldest building, the Houston Museum of Decorative Arts. The museum’s collection of antique glass, porcelain and pottery is … Continue reading History and Art in Bluff View and beyond – by Deborah Levine
ABSTRACT: The case for restricting wealth seems rather intense. Indeed the onus of proof is on those who defend the sanctity of the existence of billionaires, to show why they should be allowed to amass or even siphon off millions of dollars. However, this is not the end of the road. The erecting of a … Continue reading The Demise of Billionaires: Allure of Economic Reckoning – by Ainesh Dey
Bridgerton, released in December of 2020, is a popular television series on Netflix created by Van Dusen and produced by Shonda Rimes. The show is based on Julia Quinn’s novel series which depicts the Regency-era in London during the late 1700’s and early 1800’s. The show follows the many romances and dramas of London’s elite … Continue reading Colorblind Casting in Bridgerton – by Mackenzie Bradford
As vaccines roll out, we turn our attention toward economic recovery. The traditional stimulus measures of the past, dominated by investment in infrastructure and construction, will not be effective in our post-pandemic world. Those sectors are male-majority employers, and COVID-19 has had a disproportionate impact on women. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, in … Continue reading A Post-Pandemic Recovery Playbook for Women – by Cathy Light
Small talk delights and confounds us, and it is worth asking why. In this short humorous piece I will confine myself to American small talk, as there appear to be different variations on this tune, as Mark Twain might also have pointed out if he had written more about American English and less about the … Continue reading An American Discovers Small Talk – by Jacquelyn Reeves
Meet the ADR Advisors & Writers ADVISORY BOARD (click for bios) Dr. Deborah Ashton, Marc Brenman, Dr. Carlos Cortés, Dr. Gail Dawson, Ainesh Dey, Terry Howard, Soumaya Khalifa, Simma Lieberman, Susan McCuistion, Dr. Shalini Nag, The Rev. Dr. John Pawlikowski, Sridhar Rangaswamy, Dr. George Simons, Dr. Julia Wai-Yin So, Lorne Steedley, Jan Levine Thal, Mauricio Velásquez, … Continue reading ADR Team
I am Lakweshia Ewing, a co-owner of Biz Boom Apps, LLC. I was born in Memphis into a life of poverty and all of the negative symptoms that it can bring along with it. It was always a dream to become a game-changing businesswoman and philanthropist so this early curiosity and an already successful family … Continue reading LIFE APPlications: Owning your Legacy – by Lakweshia Ewing