Nicole Williams

Social media has exploded in recent weeks with outrage over the approval of massive corporate data centers. While local residents have overwhelmingly opposed these projects, county commissioners and state legislators have turned a blind eye. Incidents like this fuel a growing sensation that events and institutions are accelerating completely beyond the control of ordinary citizens. The convergence of rapid technological…

Christmas can be both a wonderful and awful time of the year for many of us.  The holiday has become one associated with worries over holiday debt, sadness from loss, concerns over gatherings, and add into that the calamities of the last few years: the pandemic, politics around the dinner table, and now, worries over the supply chain.  Contrary to…

The news media rarely, if ever, focuses on the impact on society and culture the price of economic growth. Nor do politicians.   This begs the question, what price is extracted from society and culture in the pursuit of economic growth, in particular, when the central and state governments along with the central bank play key roles, namely in the of…