Jeff Schechtman's "Talk Cocktail"

"To discover to the world something which deeply concerns it, and of which it was previously ignorant; to prove to it that it had been mistaken on some vital point of temporal or spiritual interest, is as important a service as a human being can render to his fellow creatures..." John Stuart Mill, "On Liberty"

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Monday, July 14, 2014

The beginning of an era and the end of innocence

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For ten days in March 1971, the Rolling Stones traveled by train and bus to play two shows a night in many of the small theaters and town ha...
Friday, May 23, 2014

The Tolerance Trap

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Fifty years ago the nation passed the Civil Rights Act. Six years ago we elected an African American as President of the United States. Ye...
Thursday, January 17, 2013

The Myths of Happiness

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Woody Allen once said the world was divided up into two groups. "The horrible and the miserable." The horrible are people with pa...
Friday, December 14, 2012

Surfing the Middle East

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John Stuart Mill said, back in 1848, that "It is hardly possible to overstate the value, in the present low state of human improvement,...
Monday, September 17, 2012

Why Wall Street Always Wins

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To date, there has not been a single prosecution, much less a serious investigation into the events that brought the US economy to its knees...
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Jeff Schechtman
Napa, California, United States
I grew up during the Kennedy Presidency. It was a time when the best and the brightest sat center stage in the nation's psyche. I've always remembered the story, that at an arts gala at the White House, Kennedy looked around the room and proclaimed it "the greatest gathering of talent since Thomas Jefferson dined alone." Without the benefit of such trappings, I've had the opportunity, for the past nineteen years, to have a seat at an international banquet of ideas and history. My radio program provided me a unique opportunity to "travel" around the world and speak to thousands of the most imaginative thinkers and leaders in the arenas of politics, religion, journalism, business, popular culture, academics, science, economics, history, and medicine. During these years, I have taken many people with me on this journey. It has been a momentous time. The trauma of politics, the onslaught of technology, the insights of science, and the changes in the human condition make this a period almost unequaled in history. I'm excited that technology has now made it possible for me to take more of you along with me on this journey.
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