Susan Bean had been an associate of ours for a very long time. She was in customer service and was a tremendous spirit. As we laid off so many people, Susan continued to stay on…;
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Conscious Evolution
When there were less than 10,000 specimens of Homo-Sapiens in the entire world, it was sufficient that we were the result of evolutionary processes; we were not involved in the evolutionary process and certainly not…;
Extraordinary times
What an era! I recently came across two articles in The New York Times I thought I’d share in light of the inauguration of our first black president. The first related to Ursula M. Burns who…;
Fragments – Ponzi
Multi-cellular structures appeared approximately 700 million years ago. There were 2.3 billion years of single cell organisms. Original writing date: June 18, 2008 Out of curiosity, what is the difference, at the end…;
Article of Interest: Job Losses Hint at Vast Remaking of Economy
This article from the New York Times is interesting in that it puts the unemployment issue and the job losses in the context of a remaking of our economic environment. The suggestion is that this particular…;
A Tragedy of Errors and an Accounting
I found this column by Peggy Noonan to be particularly poignant. Take a look at the over-the-top level of accountability reflected by the Third Marine Aircraft Wing as to an accident which occurred in the…;
Fragment – Necessity
It occurred to me tonight, as I watched The Big Chill again, and pondered our economy, that I can’t always get what I want, but I will definitely get what I need. Original writing…;
Strange Christmas
There’s no question this has probably been the strangest Christmas holiday most of us, at least under the age of 60, have experienced. After all, from an historical standpoint, this year has been touted as…;
Breach of Trust
533,000 jobs lost in November. 1.9 million jobs lost since December 2007. A 2.7 million increase in jobs lost since December 2007. 10.3 million people are now out of work nationwide. 3 million more…;
From Beijing to bong: It’s time for drug laws to change
Kathleen Parker takes the Michael Phelps incident in South Carolina as an opportunity to revisit our antiquated laws about use of Marijuana from a fresh perspective. Enjoy the read. Original writing date: February 13, 2009Article writing…;