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by Raye Elizabeth Ward Magical thinking gets us through what seems unendurable — grief, pandemics, subjugation, airplane flights. But now is not the time for it. We need to be sharp and practical to build the future we want for our ourselves and our country. When the shelter-in-place-order hit, lacking medical Read more

Bringing the world to classrooms and talking to today’s world leaders is something that the Global Scholars Diploma Program does on a daily basis. Whether it is a dialog with the Irish Consul General or discussions with the Georgian Ambassador to the United States — Mr. Michael Cunningham is searching Read more

by Liz Wiley, avid promoter of Austin’s & France’s tech sectors; lawyer & advisor supporting cross-border business; blockchain and DAO enthusiast The breathtaking range of content for SXSW comes in large part from a creative public around the world: with persons from all walks of life and Read more

by Raye Elizabeth Ward A super-fast national Internet exclusively for urban America? That’s the scenario that comes to mind in reading the Defense Innovation Board‘s report on 5G, the next generation of super-fast wireless communication. Written by technology’s A-List, it outlines a trajectory that separates Read more

by Raye Elizabeth Ward Five business leaders walked onto the stage of the Texas-EU Summit to talk about managing transatlantic businesses. Two run European units based in the United States; two developed European units of U.S. practices; and one has done it all. Four wore stilettos.They didn’t have much time, and Read more

By Raye Elizabeth Ward Three things are clear about the future: technology will determine competitiveness; talent comes in all colors, nationalities and genders; and the problems are too big, too complex to solve in isolation. The annual CULCON Symposium on U.S.-Japan Collaboration was held in Austin last week, Read more

By Raye Elizabeth Ward David Firestein dropped by last week’s “World Spins” session to reassure us that at about $1 trillion, give or take a few million, the U.S.-China trade relationship is too big to fail. But he had some thoughts on where we’re taking it. Firestein‘s credentials in U.S.-China relations are Read more