About Russell C. Smith and Michael Foster

The writing team of Smith and Foster comes from an extensive background of new media content creation. They are both established professionals with careers in literature, design and fine arts each with unique generational perspectives on mass media and global culture.

Will Superstorm Sandy Finally Silence the Climate Science Deniers?

By |2018-01-27T19:58:53+00:00November 2nd, 2012|Huffington Post|

Enough with the lies, distortions, and misinformation on this topic. Can we all agree to face reality and accept that global climate patterns have shifted?

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Digital Fire: Northwest Voices in the Arts, Books, and Business on Reinvention

By |2018-01-27T19:58:53+00:00October 22nd, 2012|Huffington Post|

The topic of reinvention is everywhere in American culture. Cultural shifts and economic forces have affected artists and entrepreneurs, people on the street and people in high-rise towers.

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What’s So Funny About Peace, Kindness and Understanding?

By |2018-01-27T19:58:53+00:00October 3rd, 2012|Huffington Post|

Advertisers have long used human emotions to sell soap, cigarettes, and cars. So why not create campaigns that serve society's higher ideals and do it from within the same agencies that have long been vilified?

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It’s Time to Make Election Day a National Holiday (Once Every Four Years!)

By |2018-01-27T19:58:54+00:00September 21st, 2012|Huffington Post|

Sooner or later, voting will be as easy as going online and clicking for your candidate, like everything else. But in the meantime, maybe sheer convenience isn't such a necessary factor in voting.

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Russia’s Human Rights Problem and the New Post-Soviet Social Revolution: Pussy Riot Won’t Be Silenced

By |2018-01-27T19:58:54+00:00August 30th, 2012|Huffington Post|

Pussy Riot doesn't seem to be going away. Even behind bars, they are creating an international movement. This isn't just a bunch of scruffy punksters looking to get a record deal out of instant fame.

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Dunbar’s Number: Can We Reinvent Our Number of Meaningful Social Connections?

By |2018-01-27T19:58:54+00:00August 21st, 2012|Huffington Post|

According to evolutionary anthropologist Robin Dunbar, our meaningful social circle can't ever exceed between 100 and 230 people. How did Dunbar's number come about?

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Digital Fire: Moving Beyond Common Sense to Complex Sense

By |2018-01-27T19:58:54+00:00August 7th, 2012|Huffington Post|

Common sense is a difficult thing to gauge, since it's a moving target, based on ever changing cultural expectations. My common sense could very well bump into your belief system.

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The Long Now: How the Far Future Affects Our Present Time

By |2018-01-27T19:58:54+00:00July 30th, 2012|Huffington Post|

While being able to create a black hole, or recreate the Big Bang with the Hadron Collider sounds like super fun experiments, what if we're really able to create a black hole in an underground laboratory in Switzerland?

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The Reinvention Movement: It’s Happening Everywhere

By |2018-01-27T19:58:54+00:00July 17th, 2012|Huffington Post|

There are as many reasons to reinvent oneself, one's career, one's place in the world, the company one works for, the country one lives in, as there are people on Earth.

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Feel Good Capitalism: Crowdfunding and Cash Mobs Save the Day

By |2018-01-27T19:58:54+00:00July 10th, 2012|Huffington Post|

If social media has accomplished one thing, its connecting people with talent, ideas, and stuff to sell with those that have the funds to send their way.

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