
19th Amendment: Lessons in Decision-Making
Next year will mark the 100th anniversary of 19th Amendment to the Constitution giving women the right to vote. Two weeks ago, author Elaine Weiss was at the Harvard Book Store giving a talk on her book, The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote. She outlined the amazing story of how this debate unfolded over several decades, with a handful of countries (i.e., England, Finland, Norway, Denmark, New Zealand, Australia, Iceland) starting the wave around 1916, culminatin

Better to be Loved or Feared?
I’ve enjoyed watching classic mob movies. Once you get passed the glorification of violence, the good ones are full of brilliant acting, great dialogue, and scenes that are symbolic and even relevant to everyday life. One of my favorites is A Bronx Tale, starring Chazz Palminteri and Robert DiNero. It’s a great story with several themes all nicely woven together (e.g., fathers/sons, good vs evil, social class, race, and others). I was recently working with the leader of a lar