I have been ranting about the claims that talking on the phone while driving is dangerous- but talking to your fellow passengers is not. That is such malarkey- since these actions all involve the same parts of our brain. Now, texting while driving- that is very different. Because the driver is NOT looking at the road, but at his/her cell phone…
Continue reading The Facts Don’t Matter!
If you think it’s just the federal government that is scrambling for revenue to cut their deficits, you are badly mistaken, Almost every single state is desperate to increase the tax coffers to balance budgets and/or deal with immediate needs- including transportation needs. And, one source they are desperate to tax is internet sales. Some $ 23 billion a year escapes state coffers (National Conference of State Legislature estimates) because of the 1992 Supreme Court ruling that currently obtains.
Continue reading Have Sales- Will Tax
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..
Many of you know that I reside in the Commonwealth of Virginia. (An addition this morning: Congratulations to Tim Kaine, who ran a stellar race and will be a stellar Senator. And, kudos to President Obama and his myriad volunteers and staffers who worked the highways and byways of Virginia for their solid win yesterday.) My relocation to this state occurred just as “Massive Resistance” was coming to a close. Massive Resistance, under the tutelage of Senator Harry Byrd of Virginia, was the program by which (bigoted) residents avoided integrating their children in public schools (as a result of the Brown v. The Board of Education Supreme Court decision of 1954), allowing the closing of public schools, rather than allow integration.
Continue reading Home-School Loophole
The day after tax day… 2007. I am summoned to visit a potential client with a problem. They have been using PCLaw (a superb accounting system for lawyers, accountants, and consultants- i.e., anyone who needs to track and bill time) for several years, a program with which I was and am intimately familiar. We talk and agree that I will assist them to resolve their current problems.
Continue reading Requiem for a Heavyweight
So, there’s even more information we can learn from the Teresa Sullivan situation. (There was a four part series on management lessons we can draw upon from the UVA/Sullivan fiasco that started on 16 July.) It seems that the Virginia governor has learned something, too. That it’s high time that the Board of Visitors for UVA- as well as the other state universities (George Mason, Virginia Polytech, James Madison, and William & Mary), plus a slew of state colleges- to be populated with educators!
Continue reading A Codicil to the UVA Saga