My unhappy history with Verizon Wireless has been detailed in depth on this blog. I’m no big fan of them and they’ve found new ways to tell me no (bear in mind that I am a customer who has paid his bill EARLY each month for the last 5 years). The unfortunate truth […]

Earlier today, USAToday.com ran a story about some of those government stimulus checks that have not reached their intended recipients yet. Turns out that the government is diverting checks away from those who owe back taxes, child support payments, student loan debts, and other government-related debts. From the article:
So far, 1.8 million rebate […]

One of the many reasons why I enjoy volunteering my time and expertise to my fraternity is because it allows me an opportunity - small though it may be - to help train tomorrow’s workforce. As discussed in an earlier post, there are a growing number of young employees who are shocked at the […]

George Carlin was hilarious. Unfortunately, this comedic genius passed away on Sunday due to heart problems. This, combined with Tim Russert’s recent untimely passing, should put a new light on heart health for this country - or at least we can hope.
Anyway, I was a fan of Carlin, though I didn’t necessarily agree […]

Pretty much all of the polls show that Barack Obama is ahead in the Presidential election. Though we’re still far away from ballots being cast, I was thinking earlier about what “change” means to me. About six months ago I posted about the danger of harping on change in an election - let’s […]

Unlike most people in New Jersey, I actually want to get out of the Borough of Deal in Monmouth County. While the borough is great from mid-September through early June, this place becomes an absolute abomination during the summer months. I’ll never understand why entire neighborhoods from Brooklyn relocate to Deal for the […]

A few days ago I posted a review for former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich’s new book, Real Change. Somewhere in this book Speaker Gingrich talks about the need for large monetary prizes from the government which will spur an innovation revolution. It would appear that Senator John McCain read that chapter […]

One thing that drives me crazy is when a worker takes no passion or pride in their profession. Before I get going I should say that if you are an employee who is in a job just to make some money for a fixed period of time, then this blog post doesn’t really apply […]

This week’s Atlanticville ran a story talking about one of the remaining holdouts in the Long Branch Broadway Arts redevelopment project. What I found upsetting about the article (and thus my impetus to write this post) is what the Atlanticville either forgot or chose not to add in this article. From the article:
A […]

One of today’s society issues which gets me fired up is this growing environment where today’s college graduates are shellshocked by getting a job and moving on with their life after they graduate. It seems that I see these types of stories on CNN during the day and now the New York Times is […]

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is probably one of the best public policy minds in the United States today. Speaker Gingrich wrote Real Change before the term “change” became the buzz word of the 2008 election and when you read his book you can’t help but be impressed with the real changes […]

Last month Joe Biden took to the microphones and commented about how something President Bush had done was “bullshit.” Interesting that a sitting Senator would use that term in a public. If you don’t believe it’s true, our friends at CNN.com actually repeated the comment on their website. Take a look:

Because that’s […]