Along with the high cost of college, another crisis is brewing in the US. This is the feeling among college graduates that they didn’t need a degree to do the jobs they are performing. The underlying reason for the degree is to certify to employers that they have work habits companies desire. The American university […]
Posted on September 12th, 2013 by admin
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States are testing electronic license plates. Instead of stamped metal identifiers, they are exploring a digital message field that not only provides the license number but can show other information as well, such as an expired registration. It’s an idea that could put prisons out of business, since that is where many plates are made, […]
Posted on September 10th, 2013 by admin
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In international diplomacy, as in every other human endeavor, one should speak from a position of authority and credibility. That is why this call to Syria to turn over its chemical weapons is absurd. There is no guarantee that America will strike the country. The President is scrounging for votes, although he could have sent […]
Posted on September 9th, 2013 by admin
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One thing a candidate for office should learn early is not to take things personally. If a constituent comes after one, fend the person off politely but firmly and never lose one’s temper. This is a lesson that a lagging candidate for mayor in New York apparently forgot. He engaged in a pitched verbal battle […]
Posted on September 6th, 2013 by admin
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President Obama is learning a truth of the internet age. One can’t change what he said in the past without being caught. The cause for this lesson is the now famous “red line” that Obama said Syria dare not cross with the use of chemical weapons. Commentators have resurrected his words from a year ago […]
Posted on September 5th, 2013 by admin
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Did someone push a wrong button at Amazon and reveal its forthcoming Kindle Paperwhite reader? Or was the “mistake” intentional and designed to get media attention. It is easy to be cynical about such accidents. Apple’s early iPhones were “accidentally” left in bars and restaurants and became media sensations. Even if these accidents were real, […]
Posted on September 4th, 2013 by admin
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On rare occasions, companies suffer a chronic crisis. Something goes wrong and endures in error for months, if not years. This is the situation at the Fukushima Nuclear Plant. The Japanese government is stepping in to help the company control leaks of radioactive water from melted cores of its disabled reactors. It seems little has […]
Posted on September 3rd, 2013 by admin
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There is an irony about today’s holiday. It celebrates achievements of workers, but millions of them cannot take advantage of the time off. They are laboring in Big Box stores, in fast food restaurants, in hundreds of thousands of retail locations to serve the millions at rest. And, they are the lowest-paid employees in […]
Posted on September 2nd, 2013 by admin
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