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"

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

He knows what he doesn't know.

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As we seek middle ground in our politics, driven by good will and good intentions, can we in fact find a middle ground between the extreme v...
Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Crazy U?

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For many of us, the second biggest expense we will ever make, after a home purchase, is our kids college education. A four year education a...
Friday, April 8, 2011

Give Smart

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Philanthropy is changing. Where it was once a process done by rote, today we expect results, accountability and very measurable metrics. B...
Thursday, April 7, 2011

Rawhide Down

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There are certain events that are seared in the collective memory of the nation. D Day, Pearl Harbor, certainly November 22, 1963 was such a...
Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Where have you gone Joe Dimaggio?

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Baseball is a game played by teams, and certainly the NY Yankees have had many great ones. Yet from 1936 to 1951, the Yankees were simply a...
Tuesday, April 5, 2011

The Art and Science of Remembering

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Who are we but the sum total of all that we remember? What if we had total control over what we choose to remember? Imagine if there was a k...
Thursday, March 31, 2011

Cleared for takoff

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Most of us have grown up thinking that Airports are at best a nuisance. Living near an Airport has been seen as negative, and we've con...

The End of Wall Street

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Almost three years after the worst economic collapse since the Great Depression, many people still are asking how did it happen, why did it ...
Wednesday, March 30, 2011

BOOMBUSTOLOGY

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Driving through Silicon valley about a year after the 90’s tech bubble exploded, I saw a bumper sticker that said “ Please God, Just One Mor...
Monday, March 28, 2011

Oh Jerusalem

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Normally great cities change. Even Paris and New York have gone through radical transformations. Jerusalem it seems, has remained true to i...
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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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