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Below The Border For Better Health Care?
While President Obama’s New York Times op-ed uses language that suggests a public option for those without health care may still be on the table, his health secretary, Kathleen Sebelius seems to think otherwise. I’m confused: If there is no public option, then what exactly is reform? As time goes on, it seems like the Obama…
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Fired & Fronting
For many who have always been successful, suddenly being told, “Don’t you come ‘round no more” is probably a very traumatic experience. Yet instead of taking that bad news and using it to fuel a plan to start anew, many laid off workers are more focused on acting as if nothing ever happened. For many…
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Side-Stepping The Swipe Card
Credit card companies like Capital One Financial are traditionally happy to hand out credit cards to customers who like to engage in retail therapy but consistently neglect to pay on time. Why not be ecstatic when those “over limit” and late fees produce hundreds of millions of dollars in profits in a given quarter for…
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Let The Telly Entertain You
I came across an article entitled “Recession Sparking New Era in Stand-Up Comedy” penned by The Atlantic’s Christina Davidson. In it, Davidson touched on the efforts of comedy club promoters to lure cash-strapped patrons into their clubs and how this has spurred an opportunity for new comics to be discovered. For my comedic friends looking…
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Want A Job? Pick Up Mandarin … or Pin Down An Inmate
As previously mentioned, though the unemployment rate beat expectations by dropping a slight margin there are still plenty out there looking for work. For a number of job seekers, though, hope has faded to the point where many have put an indefinite hold on their respective searches. There are those, however, who are still out…
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Bring Your Thirst, Not Your Computer
About a week ago, I came home to find that my depressed cable modem decided to go and commit suicide. With work left to do, I scrambled to try and find a wireless connection I could “borrow” so that everything that needed to be published was done so by morning. Unfortunately, my neighbors all had…
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Unemployment Down, But Are Your Spirits Up?
The good news is there are signs the recession may be on its last leg. According to just released figures from the Labor Department, employers shed 247,000 jobs last month. That’s the smallest monthly toll since last August. That means the unemployment rate dropped to 9.4 percent from 9.5 percent, defying expectations of an increase.…
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Does His Journey Alter Your Reality?
Daniel A. Seddiqui graduated with a degree in economics but couldn’t find a job in his field. But, instead of suing his school in retaliation for a failed career path like other recent graduates, Seddiqui decided he was going to find a job no matter what. And not just one job – 50 of them.…
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No Sex In The Conference Room
Forgive me for my naïveté and current work-from-home position, but I had no idea loads of people [really] had sex on the job. I thought that was a figment of a television writer’s imagination. But, after stumbling along a piece published on Business Insider, I see that indeed many of you were partaking in office…
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Is It Time To Sue or Face Facts?
Trina Thompson earned her information technology from Monroe College in April. With an IT degree, Thompson expected to quickly find a job. She didn’t so now she’s filed suit against the school, telling the New York Post, “They have not tried hard enough to help me.” Thompson claims her school didn’t provide her with the…
