We live in strange times. Since I’m admittedly a peculiar person who’s lived a freakishly bizarre life, I don’t say that lightly. If you’d told me 20 years ago that fundamental concepts like capitalism and free speech would come under fire, while identity politics would spark a racial and gender[…] Read On
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The Trouble With America’s Growing ‘Soft Skills’ Gap
Lately, I’ve been hearing the same complaint over and over: Companies big and small are having a tough time finding job candidates with skills we used to take for granted. They can’t seem to find workers with basic common sense and work ethic. Never mind employees who are motivated to[…] Read On
Elizabeth Warren’s Job Creation Plan: Big Government Solution to Nonexistent Problem
The latest of Elizabeth Warren’s steady barrage of policy musings is all about how to create American jobs. She begins by decrying how unpatriotic corporate America is, then offers the usual big government solution: create yet another new agency, the Department of Economic Development. Of course. Here’s an excerpt: […] Read On
Big Tech Meet Big Gov
So much for a business-friendly White House. The feds are going after big-tech over antitrust concerns. The DOJ will take on Apple and Google while the FTC investigates Amazon and Facebook. Is it just me or does that sound a lot like the Mafia carving up old Manhattan? Conspicuous is[…] Read On
In the Face of Defeat, Follow the Advice of King Solomon
“The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.” – Ecclesiastes 1:9 When you’re facing failure, defeat or flat-out disaster, you can safely ignore anything that’s been written[…] Read On
The Myth of the ‘Ethical Dilemma’
Who’s more depraved, the guy who claims to be a do-gooder while actually cheating to get ahead, or the political player who snitches on him to look like a do-gooder when in reality he just wants the other guy out of the way? Of course that’s a false ethical dilemma[…] Read On
In Defense of Loyalty
Loyalty. Seems like an ancient concept, doesn’t it? The foolish notion that a company would ever give a rat’s ass about an employee or vice versa. How retro. When the subject comes up we always seem to imagine some poor schmuck who slaves away for the man for 10 or[…] Read On