Thank goodness Ben Stein is an independent thinker who can elucidate why exuberant enthusiasm over a cap-and-trade system is misguided and dangerous. I am afraid we are condemned to this inefficient dreamed artifice, whereas straight taxation of emissions would be far more effective. February 22, 2009 Everybody’s Business The Dangers of ‘Cap and Trade’ By [...]

James F. Smith of the Boston Globe just did a story about a OneVoice Tour through New England that captured the essence of OneVoice rather well.  It also highlighted the importance of keeping the message and movement alive, now more than ever.   Roi Assaf of OneVoice Israel (left) and Nisreen Abdallah of OneVoice Palestine [...]

The 99!

Published under Funnies, Innovation, Leadership, Marketing, Middle East Feb 28, 2009

Naif Al Mutawa is a dear friend who defines social entrepreneurship.  He is creating positive role models for young Muslims a la Hollywood. Like Marvel and Action Comics before him, Naif created a set of iconic super-heroes – but they each are Muslims who embody one powerful benevolent trait drawn from Islam’s 99 characteristics attributed [...]

KIND at the Oscars

Published under KIND Snacks, Marketing, Movies Feb 22, 2009

Behind the scenes, in the green room at the Oscars, what are they serving the celebrities? KIND Fruit and Nut bars. The Oscars’ Green Room is the exclusive territory of Hollywood’s A-list: award presenters, winners, and Academy big-wigs. So when you see your favorite actor or actress on stage, there’s a good chance they were [...]

KIND on Twitter

Published under KIND Snacks, Marketing Feb 19, 2009

Now you can follow KIND Snacks on Twitter: www.twitter.com/KINDSnacks

Very cool and creative ad from Microsoft – a print ad that looks like a newspaper article that got marked-over… with a handful of words left uncrossed, which you are prompted to follow…

So the other day my 2 year old daughter came barging into my room saying: "quiere nacky, quiere nacky" translation- my daughter learned the word snack a long time ago, but pronounces it nack, and when she discovered "Kind Snacks: she decided to call them "nacky" so after asking for nacky, she starts banging on [...]

His face is so calm Full of love and tranquility How blessed we are to have warm shelter and peace for him. How hard and how painful for the millions upon millions who lack peace, or water or heat, who may not have bread or milk to give their children. How hard and how painful [...]

A very neat experiment I read about from my sister… A Violinist in the Metro A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it [...]

KIND Nut Delight got a nice endorsement from NY Giants’ nutritionist Heidi Skolnik on the Today Show earlier this month.  She recommended it as an energy boosting snack whose natural ingredients you can see and pronounce.(tm)