I used to joke- back when I first moved to Alexandria (that’s about a quarter century ago)- that jobs were getting scarce because companies were demanding college degrees for no good reason. It was making folks go to college just to get a subsistence job, which is why so many poorly qualified or even unqualified people, were demanding the right to enter colleges.
Continue reading Job Opportunity: BA, BS required
So, I can feel somewhat complacent that horsemeat will not reach my lips. Because I only eat kosher meat, that circumstance where a “mistake” about sourced meat can’t really occur.
So, as I am wont to do, I was devouring my newspapers at St. Elmo’s (the best coffee shop in Alexandria- come visit!) and ran across this article by Reuel Marc Gerecht (Israel’s New Islamist Neighborhood) that blew me away. It was even a topic of conversation with a few of my friends. Not because it discussed Israel (which is a topic near and dear to my heart), but because of the thought processes it engendered about the more global situation.
Continue reading What I learned from the WSJ today…
I wrote earlier about how one company managed to get a bonus slipped into the Fiscal Cliff bill. One that “made them” $ ½ billion. Well, they are about to take a big hit, if no one tries to overrule Medicare (or slip another ‘mickey’ to the American public in another bill).
Continue reading Dialysis Boondoggle
When I moved to Charlottesville (VA), I found out that I was wrong about a whole bunch of things. No, not about Southern mentality, as it radically differs from that of Northerners. (But, I’m not making light of that at all!) Instead, it was that I found out that Thomas Jefferson was not dead- instead, he was alive and still the mayor of the place!
Continue reading Yo, Ho, Ho and a Bottle of Rum!
With college tuition skyrocketing, it’s not surprising that kids are graduating from college owing a fortune. And, many of these loans were guaranteed by their parents- which is one of the reason why so many folks in their late 50s and early 60s are saddled with unpaid college debt.
Continue reading Education- or Job Training?
It’s not your father’s library anymore.
I’ve written that I access my local library (Alexandria, Virginia) electronically. Any hour of the day or night. And, as long as I have a valid library card, I can view current (ok- three weeks older and more) journals and magazines; even some digital books.
Continue reading The Times, they are a-changing..
Science fiction? Nope, this stuff is real. Meet Suzanne Lee of Bio-Couture. Ms. Lee is a designer based in London, England. No, not that kind of designer- a fashion designer. She’s also a Senior Research Fellow at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.
Continue reading Fashion- or Science?
Many of you know I grew up in Greater New York City. Where Robert Moses transformed the area to produce a plethora of roads and bridges. But, even with all that building, traveling was tough. The Southern State Parkway (which was the backyard of my childhood home) opened in 1927. This four lane, 25 miles long, parkway started with tolls providing access to New York City for those on the Southern reaches of Long Island. It became 8 lanes (city line to the Hempstead Lake State Park) and six lanes thereafter before I was 10. The tolls disappeared sometime after I left the area.
Continue reading Company causes this misery!
There are a lot of fights going on in America. Abortion. Education. Tax Equity/Fairness. Gay Marriage. Every one of them are buzz-words that evoke visceral reactions from folks across this land.
Continue reading Justice, Justice