Illuminate

09/12/18

Fed up with Today’s Politics? Demand Ethical Campaigns

Legislative gridlock is at an all-time high. How do you fix it? Hold campaigns accountable.

Separating Facts About Clergy Abuse from Fiction

By Thomas Plante

The recent release of the Pennsylvania grand jury report on clergy sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church during the past 70 years has unleashed another round of headline news and sadly, much misinformation about this critically important problem...

Two ships face off with each other, one from United States the other from China to illustrate trade war

Playing Trade War Chicken

By Hersh Shefrin

Economists are predicting that the next recession will occur in or around 2020, as the Fed increases interest rates to tamp down an overheated economy...

A Santa Clara graduate walking down the ramp holding her diploma at commencement

SCU Alumni Make the World A Better Place

By The Illuminate Team

We asked our SCU thought leaders, "How do Santa Clara alumni make the world a better place?”

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When Lightning Strikes

By Phil Kesten

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration estimates that there are more than 80 thousand lightning strikes over the continental United States...

A group of graduates at dusk throwing their caps into the air, forming an arch of hats over the line of people

The Priceless Power of Higher Education

By Thomas Plante

I have been a college professor at Santa Clara University for a quarter of a century and have greatly enjoyed the ritual of sitting on the commencement...

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Elon Musk’s Tantrum and Tesla’s Financial Challenges

By Hersh Shefrin

It is nothing short of extraordinary that within the space of a decade, Elon Musk, founder and CEO of Tesla, was able to accelerate Tesla’s stock market...

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Why Do Cats Always Land on Their Feet?

By Phil Kesten

In 1894, French physiologist Étienne-Jules Marey used a new photographic technique to take a series of photos that documented one of the animal kingdom’s...

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2 Key Filters to Improve Relationships

By Thomas Plante

We are living in a polarized time, with bitter divisiveness based on politics, race, religion, ethnicity, gender, and other distinctions. Incivility also...