Office Space and Office Politics
“What are you doing in Frank’s office,” I ask Bob who is staring at the overhead light fixture. Startled, he quickly looks down. I continue to tease him, “What is this? A meditation room?...
Category: Culture
George C. Marshall, Organizer of Victory, Man of Integrity
The poem “George C. Marshall (1880-1959)” by Thomas Hawkins Johnson, deserves a wide audience. Especially in these troubled times. In the photograph there are two rows of men, Twelve or thirteen in all. Their...
#GIRLBOSS Selected Quotes and the Value of Cover Letters
Quotes from #GIRLBOSS by Sophia Amoruso The Job Search and “The Necessary Evil: Cover Letters,” “It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen...
Abortion & Life by Jennifer Baumgardner Selected Quotes Photographs by Tara Todras-Whitehill
I had an abortion. Abortion & LifeJennifer Baumgardner, pregnant on Left Gillian Aldrich, producer/creator of I Had an Abortion “By creating a T-shirt so many would see as offensive, the pro-choice movement has...
Abortion & Life by Jennifer Baumgardner Selected Quotes Photographs by Tara Todras-Whitehill
I had an abortion. Abortion & Life Jennifer Baumgardner, pregnant on Left Gillian Aldrich, producer/creator of I Had an Abortion “By creating a T-shirt so many would see as offensive, the pro-choice movement has...
Haiti Relief; The Political Backstory
John Howland from USNA-At-Large, sends this along. It deserves a wide audience. TJ Hanley and Bob Marsh send; further below Dick Nelson comments — From a Retired Special Forces Sgt Major: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I served...
Any PR Is Good PR, As Long As They Spell Your Name Right, Right?
Watch the adultery clip on Scarborough Country, MSNBC Your Business Professor has students who regularly misspell my name. On a deliverable assignment. The Alert Student will know that lacking such critical attention to detail...
Burial at Sea
Alert Readers know that Your Business Blogger(R) served as a Survivor Assistance Officer in the Army. This is real work. Duty and Honor. The death of every service member is a public event. John...
Can The Government Tell Us How To Live? Yes They Can.
A few decades ago I had a boss who demanded that I brush my teeth. Another supervisor from the same organization didn’t like my haircut. Or how my shirt was starched. Another manager monitored...
Foundations of the American Presidency: From Character to Charisma… and Cherry Trees to Big Macs
A paper delivered by Charmaine at UVA in 1997. Foundations of the American Presidency: From Character to Charisma… and Cherry Trees to Big Macs, “The pious ruler is by far the most likely to...
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