Daniel Lubetzky

This fascinating article doesn’t directly address global governance. But the increasing uses of information and technology at the municipal level portend positively for models for global governance for the 21st century. And at all levels, this trend hints at the sweeping changes that will come in how we leverage data.

According to this provocative study, children from the very beginning are predisposed to help others – we are wired to be KIND to others. 

My father taught me a very important lesson when I was a girl growing up in East Germany. He said, “Always be more than you appear and never appear to be more than you are.” -as told to Bono (U2) and captured by him in a New York Times opinion piece. New York Times November [...]

My wife is a Doctor and she often shares stories about how the medical “system” leads to unsavory paths, often including terminally-ill elderly & infirm patients who are dragged through the indecency of two extra weeks of herculean efforts to keep them alive when it is pretty clear they are victims of technology and bureaucracy [...]

Interesting article about a pious ayatollah who challenges the “Islamic” claim of the Iranian regime.

I really liked this thought by Jonathan Safran Foer on his goal as a parent. He wrote it in the context of his journey as a vegetarian, but it has wider applications and resonates as a noble aim: I’m not as worried about what [my children] will choose as much as my ability to make [...]

Interesting article about a calorie-restriction study financed by NIH.

Industry spin nothwithstanding, the prevalence and consequences of BPA in our food are alarming, as noted in this article by Nick Kristof.

Dave Halperin wrote an excellent column reacting to Tom Friedman’s frustration with the failed peace process and his resulting recommendation to give up trying. To Do Nothing is an Insane Policy By David Halperin When President Obama appointed former Senator George Mitchell as his Special Envoy for the Middle East Peace Process on only his [...]

Good summary by IPF of Iranian efforts to arm Hezbollah and Hamas, and the stunning Israeli interception of 320 tons of weapons.  The world community needs to do more to prevent the Iranian regime from sabotaging peace efforts. Published on Israel Policy Forum (http://www.israelpolicyforum.org) The Taking of the Frankop By Josh Smilovitz At midnight on [...]