This site under reconstruction.
Part 1 of the ACA is finished – the paper forms are being printed to be mailed out. This year it was more painful than usual because we changed our payroll provider in the middle of the year. Oh boy that was painful. Now I’m on to the next step. I will still be working…
Okay, I haven’t been able to post anything this past weekend because I worked all weekend. As a matter of fact, I’ve been working almost non-stop since maybe three weeks ago. This year I’m wrestling with data from 3 different sources and the logic just don’t make sense sometimes. I’m so tired and I’m looking…
“A much smarter Malcolm than I, Malcolm X, said you don’t have revolutions without bloodshed, and he was probably right. But we’re in a situation now where the ruling class feels so powerful and I’m not sure what it will take to change things. I mean, we have thousands of Americans dead in Puerto Rico,…
Wow, Nick Hanauer’s proverbial pitchforks seem to be coming out. Taxing the rich has become a popular topic and quite a few Democrats have come out with some “radical” proposals. Elizabeth Warren’s proposal suggests taxing the wealth, not income, of the top 1% or 75,000 American households. She proposes taxing all assets no matter where…
The smirk seen around the world. The incident between the teenager Nick Sandmann and the American Indian activist Nathan Phillips showcases the danger of jumping to conclusions on a tiny snippet of a video. The 3 or 4 minute version is very damaging to the teenager as it suggests that he and his teenage cohorts…
One of the tech titans at Davos says tech companies need to change their hiring strategy if they want to have continued success. Ginni Rometty of IBM, noting the anger of people around the world, says that tech companies need to hire on skills, not just degrees. “The CEO said that technology’s fast-moving pace here…