Amid the annual cookie sales, the Girl Scouts are celebrating their centennial this year. The organization has evolved during that time, and commentator Merrie Spaeth likes some of the recent changes.   As the Girl Scouts turn 100, they are modernizing their program... read more »

By now, I probably don’t need to tell you who Greg Smith is. Yesterday, Smith resigned as a Goldman Sachs executive director and head of the firm’s United States equity derivatives business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa in the most public of ways: through an ... read more »

At a recent conference in Dallas, Whole Foods CEO John Mackey said capitalism had a "branding problem." But Mr. Mackey is right. Capitalism - that is, economies which allocate capital via the free market as opposed to central planning and state ownership - is under attack. Since the Occupy Wall S... read more »

DALLAS, TX (KERA)  Congressional Republicans and President Obama remain at odds after weekend meetings with no... read more »

Nearly 30 years ago, Merrie Spaeth was enjoying what she has since described as a "dream job" as director of media relations at the White House during the Reagan administration. In addition to coordinating press coverage for a rapidly changing news cycle ... read more »

One of the significant health care challenges today is the lack of a national electronic medical records (EMR) system that would allow healthcare providers to share a patient’s health and treatment history. When a patient sees a new physician, he or she is asked to fill out a medical histor... read more »

Dallas, TX –Merrie Spaeth, founder and president of Dallas-based Spaeth Communications, Inc. has been named to The Institute of Medicine’s Standing Committee on Health Threats Resilience, which is sponsored by ... read more »

This article by Merrie was featured in USC's Public Diplomacy. ... read more »