People overcome adversity every day. This also means that bad things happen to people every day. Despite this inevitability, most people have an optimistic frame of mind. A study published in the Journal of Personality found that 89% of people believed their future was going to be good or better than their current situation. This trend of positivity was consistent across national borders. Surprisingly, per-capita G.D.P and life expectancy had virtually no effect on this widespread optimism. Continue reading “Optimistic Frame of Mind”
Category: Adam Goldfein Show
One Bombing Suspect Dead, One at Large
The two suspects for the Boston Marathon bombing have been identified as brothers Tamerlan Tsarnaev (26) and Dzokhar Tsarnaev (19). The older brother was killed in a firefight early this morning and the younger brother is being searched for in a massive manhunt. Continue reading “One Bombing Suspect Dead, One at Large”
Should Obesity Be Considered A Disease?
There has been significant debate in the American Medical Association on whether to classify obesity as a disease. At the core of the debate is a question of what is the definition of disease. Perhaps surprisingly, there is no consensus on this. There are several definitions, and not all experts agree. Consequently, all official determinations of disease have a sociological and contextual aspect to them. Continue reading “Should Obesity Be Considered A Disease?”
Obama’s National Defense Agenda
Thursday, President Obama laid out a long list of National Defense priorities, including closing Guantanamo Bay, revising the AUMF that authorizes the war against Al Qaeda, and to shift CIA drone operations to DOD control. He addressed the cost of the war, the Fifth Amendment, and the rights of individuals. The bottom line he stressed is that the war against terrorism that we have been waging since 2001 is over, as we know it. Continue reading “Obama’s National Defense Agenda”
Obama Goes to Israel
In his first trip to Israel since being elected president, Obama will make some symbolic stops but not others and generally avoid substantive policy talks. Instead of talking at the Knesset (Israel’s parliament), he will deliver his major address to the Israeli public at the Jerusalem International Convention Center. He will have dinner with Prime Minister Netanyahu and Miss Israel Yityish Aynaw, the first black woman to hold the title. He will visit the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem (located in the West Bank), but not at the Western Wall or Al Aqsa Mosque. He will visit the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Holocaust Museum, but declined an invitation to visit the Israeli Institute of Technology. He will also lay a wreath at the grave of the founder of modern Zionism, Theodor Herzl, and visit Jordan. Continue reading “Obama Goes to Israel”
Obama Economics
“This growing inequality isn’t just morally wrong; it’s bad economics. When middle-class families have less to spend, businesses have fewer customers. When wealth concentrates at the very top, it can inflate unstable bubbles that threaten the economy. When the rungs on the ladder of opportunity grow farther apart, it undermines the very essence of this country,” Obama said during his speech on the economy. So what does this even mean? Are Obama Economics real? Continue reading “Obama Economics”
Obama’s Budget
For the first time since 2009, we have three budget proposals: one from the House of Representatives, one from the Senate, and most recently one from the President. Now we’ll find out if an agreement can be reached. Continue reading “Obama’s Budget”
Nuclear North Korea
North Korea confirmed on Tuesday that it had conducted its third nuclear test. This comes just two months after the small nation successfully launched a rocket into orbit, raising serious concerns of North Korea’s long range attack capabilities. Continue reading “Nuclear North Korea”
Nuclear Disarmament
In a speech in Berlin today, President Obama called for another nuclear-arms reduction. This follows the 2010 New START treaty in which the U.S. and Russia agreed to cut strategic nuclear arms to 1,550 warheads by February 5, 2018. Obama’s new proposal called to cut that number by a third, to between 1,000 and 1,000 warheads. Continue reading “Nuclear Disarmament”
N.S.A. Update
As more information is released about the N.S.A. spy apparatus, it has been revealed that the U.S. spies on at least 35 world leaders, including some U.S. allies. One of such leaders, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, had all of her cell phone calls tracked for the past 10 years. In response to the revelations, Sen. Dianne Feinstein said that she expects the White House would stop the program of spying on U.S. allies. Perhaps what is most troubling is that President Obama allegedly did not know about the spying. Continue reading “N.S.A. Update”
Ronin Pen 