It’s an an unfortunate fact of modern day life that the qualities that get you a job are often not the same qualities that allow you to succeed at that job once you have it. Getting a job all too often comes down to nepotism, brown-nosing, and manipulation. None of those things, however, [...]

I’ve never hidden the fact that I am not a Pelosi fan. Sort of the opposite really. And sometimes, people who know of my vehement dislike for Bush the Younger are surprised by my equally vehement dislike of Pelosi who’s on the other end of the political spectrum. But the reason for [...]

Make sure to check out this op-ed in today’s New York Times. The author, John Cougan, is a lawyer for the public commission in Rhode Island that oversees the health care industry. He argues that a huge problem that contributes to the confusion, denial of care, and legal hassle that surround the health [...]

I’m sick of people justifying rude, insensitive, anti-democratic, behavior behind the phrase “grassroots movement”. Just because a movement is supported by quite a few people, doesn’t make the movement any more beneficial or legitimate than a movement that is only supported by a few. In fact, many of the worst tragedies we’ve seen [...]

Charter schools have become extremely popular over the last decade, to the point that they are one of the few areas in education where politicians of virtually all types seem to agree. After all, a charter school sounds like a great idea. Scratch that, charter schools are wonderful ideas. The idea is [...]

This is a fascinating issue. Apparently, protesters outside of the president’s address in Phoenix were publicly displaying weapons, including at least one assault rifle. They weren’t doing anything illegal - in Arizona one is allowed to carry weapons as long as they aren’t concealed, and these definitely weren’t concealed. But reading that [...]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090817/ap_en_tv/us_tv_dancing_with_the_stars
Uh… wow.

I hang out in some pretty liberal crowds. And so, in 2004 when Bush was reelected after what felt like four solid years of shocking, undemocratic growth in executive power and an administration more concerned about privacy and loyalty than about real Americans with real problems, a lot of my friends did some pretty [...]

Newspapers all over the country are closing, cutting back, declaring bankruptcy. Those that have survived are increasingly relying on the wire services for their national and international news. The newspaper business as we know it is dying. And while I mourn when good journalists lose their jobs, I can’t help but thinking [...]

We’re living in a golden age of communication. The world wide web, email, texting, cell phones, laptops, satellites, etc. have all combined to improve the world quite a bit. People can stay in touch with friends and loved ones half way around the world, they can research or disseminate scientific, mathematical, or artistic [...]