David Stewart

Miuccia Prada, 70, is back, and she is all about sustainability and the effects of capitalism. “You’ve got to think about how you spend your money,” she says. Spending Has Consequences We all are much more aware these days of how our spending has consequences. The origin of the fabrics, the...

Facing a Diagnosis: Research, Questions, and Courage Meet Denise Graef, 57, of "Big Sky Country" - Missoula, Montana. As a late teenager, Denise was diagnosed with having severe crippling and possibly life-ending Rheumatoid Arthritis. It's a degenerative autoimmune disorder that affects the joints, primarily. She was told that it was progressive...

Sleep is one of those things that people know they need to attend to but often don't. If you feel like being scared straight on the topic, I recommend reading "Why We Sleep." The short version is that even a modest disruption in sleep activity has a significant effect on...

There is so much changing. So many industries and professions being disrupted, with the people in them having their lives disrupted. The intersection of digital and entertainment is one of the more radically dynamic places in the world today. Theaters are giving way to TV streaming which is again...

A new study out by the Harvard School of Public Health is indicating that optimism leads to a longer life. The study found that optimists have a 50-70% higher chance of making it to 85 years old, and overall an 11-15% greater lifespan. They are defining optimism as "A general...

Doug Tausik Ryder is getting a lot of attention these days. He has a piece in the Venice Biennale next year featuring his incredibly powerful Venus sculpture, and this weekend he is having an opening at the Jason Vass Gallery. (We will be there, as will a number of...

This is our new favorite Summer Saturday lunch meal. It has all the things we like: great brain-feeding nutrients, very low glycemic, quick to fix with a low skill level needed for us less-than-Cordon-Bleu cooks, and bonus: it's colorful on a plate. One of the often-cited issues with tuna is...

The clothing industry is one of the most wasteful and polluting industries on earth. There are people like Kristine Upesleja, who we interviewed a few weeks back, who are working on lab-grown fibers, which will be tremendous once they are in large circulation. The ugly truth of the garment...

Ed Patuto has an unusual job for a 59-year-old guy from Youngstown, Ohio. His gig is to get people to engage and participate with The Broad Museum in Los Angeles. The Broad Museum is unique in that it is free, and that it goes to great lengths to encourage...

The world is full of investment risk and, contrary to recent predictions, interest rates have not gone up, but are now falling to historic lows. In parts of Europe, mortgage rates are now zero. To help us with what we should be doing in this new world, we asked...