More on What is Happening in West Maui (Community Matters)
Further Reporting from Mihaela Stoops. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Mihaela Stoops. ThinkTech host Mihaela Stoops continues her reporting on what is happening in Maui, the tragedy of the widespread loss and suffering, the efforts of people helping each other and the challenges and troubles they encounter, the progress […]
On the Ground Report from Maui (Community Matters)
It’s Not Exactly What We’ve been Hearing. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Mihaela Stoops. ThinkTech host Mihaela Stoops helps us understand what is happening on the ground in Maui. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6mAjbhHpq-LyAm9pcuN3zJ Please visit our ThinkTech website at https://thinktechhawaii.com and see our Think […]
Trump Owns the Airways (American Issues Take One)
Trump Plays up his Indictment in the Media. The hosts for this show are Tim Apicella and Jay Fidell. The guest is Chuck Crumpton. Trump plays up his Jan 6 indictment as a media pro. Playing the role of a persecuted victim, protector of the little guy. At his political rallies, his social media, and […]
Ukraine – a War of New Technologies (Keeping the World Company)
The US Must Keep Up, and it Must Help. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tim Apicella. The guest is Roopmati Khandekar. Our panel discusses the high tech weapons systems being increasingly deployed in Ukraine, the technologies, the state developers and companies developing those technologies and how they are changing the battlefield […]
Loss from Maui Fires will Result in Scam Bait (ThinkTech Tech Talks)
Stay Vigilant to Help Wisely. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Attila Seress. In times of tragedy such as Hurricane Katrina and the 2010 Haiti earthquake, scammers take advantage of our empathy and wish to send aid to those in need. With the wildfire disaster on Maui, it is of […]
Reviewing Jury Duty 2023 (Movies We Can Learn From)
A Film Experiment on Human Nature. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is George Casen. Our panel discusses and reviews Jury Duty 2023, a film experiment on the intersection of acting, human nature, courtroom procedure and jury duty, one of the cornerstones of our democracy. Watch it on Netflix and see. […]
If You Think the Tax Agency Here is Bad (Talking Tax)
Check Out California. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tom Yamachika. California has two different tax agencies. The Department of Tax and Fee Administration, known as CDTFA, handles sales taxes. CDTFA’s director, according to the Caltaxletter, publicly admitted to ordering his department’s Settlement Section to settle fewer, if any, cases. His rationale […]
Modern Transportation in Canada (View from the North)
What Can we Learn from them. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ken Rogers. Retired Canadian businessman Ken Rogers helps us understand modern transportation and its challenges in Canada, how it compares with that in the US and what we can learn from it, including the roads, the railroads, the […]
A New Office on Sustainability on the Big Island (Energy 808: The Cutting Edge)
Also Addressing Climate, Equity and Resilience. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Tam Hunt and Noel Morin. Our panel informs us about the newly established Big Island’s Office of Sustainability, Climate, Equity and Resilience, our progress on renewable electricity, how AI can help, and what can be done to give […]
Trump’s Jan 6 Criminal Indictment Arrives (American Issues Take One)
Follow the Facts, Law – Not Trump’s Claims. The hosts for this show are Tim Apicella and Jay Fidell. The guests are Chuck Crumpton and Jeff Portnoy. History is made today as Trump receives his second federal criminal indictment for his role leading up to and beyond Jan 6 attack on the Capital. Jack Smith, […]
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The president’s move to protect strategic manufacturing sectors from low-cost competition aims to increase jobs, but consumers might not like the costs. [...]
Protectionist trade policies are popular on both the left and right. But some economists say they’re likely to backfire. [...]
Even in the president’s favorite political stomping ground, his standing has slipped with Democrats who will be vital to a repeat victory, interviews with nearly two dozen Black voters showed. [...]
His narrow win there in 2020 was seen as a sign of Georgia’s emergence as a battleground state. But in 2024, President Biden faces a changed landscape there. [...]
Political violence and polarization stalk Europe today, with ominous echoes of the past. [...]
Moscow continues to make military gains in the Kharkiv region as Ukraine struggles with resources. [...]
South West Water says about 2,500 homes will have to keep boiling water due to a parasite. [...]
Leonid Volkov says his fight against Vladimir Putin will never end. [...]
One claimant unknowingly overpaid Carer's Allowance said the debts she incurred have brought 'considerable financial strain'. [...]
Forecasters have warned some areas could see up to 50mm (2in) of rain and flooding on Saturday. [...]
Cologne needed a minor miracle to survive going into the last game of the season, with no guarantee that a win would be enough to save them. Instead, they collapsed [...]
President Salome Zourabichvili had earlier told DW that she would reject the contentious legislation as a "symbol." The veto, however, can be overridden by another vote in parliament. [...]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has pledged federal "solidarity" after the western state of Saarland was hit by flash flooding and landslides. He toured some of the affected areas with the [...]
Germany's Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank had been expected to provide guarantees for the construction of a gas-processing plant that was to be operated by Gazprom. [...]
Premier Robert Fico is in a stable but serious condition after a shooting attack, Slovakia's health minister says. The suspected shooter is reported by media to be a 71-year-old former [...]
A helium leak pushed back a planned launch to May 25. Boeing's program that would shuttle astronauts to and from the International Space Station has been plagued with problems. [...]
McCloskey's story has both deep roots and burgeoning relevance. He died this month at 96 and had long been out of the limelight, but the issues he had been willing [...]
Dabney Coleman, the mustachioed character actor who specialized in smarmy villains like the chauvinist boss in "9 to 5" and the nasty TV director in "Tootsie," has died. [...]
Higher education officials in Ohio are reviewing race-based scholarships after last year's Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action. [...]
Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the U.S. and we need all the protection we can get. So why is it so hard to get newer, more effective [...]
Canadian police used DNA testing to link Gary Allen Srery, who died in 2011, to the killing of two girls and two women in the 1970s. They say there may [...]
Andriy Yermak, a former lawyer and film producer who runs Volodymyr Zelensky’s wartime presidential office, is arguably the most powerful chief of staff in Ukraine’s history. [...]
Parents had no idea their children were being given the sleep aid at a home day care in New Hampshire, police said. [...]
Parents had no idea their children were being given the sleep aid at a home day care in New Hampshire, police said. [...]
League champion Bayer Leverkusen has become the first team to complete a Bundesliga season unbeaten [...]
