According to Tom Corley a financial planner who studied 350 rich and poor people, wealthy people have some daily habits in common. He wrote the book, Rich Habits – The Daily Success Habits of Wealthy Individuals. While the book strongly states that these habits make you more successful and as a consequence, more wealthy, you have to wonder if it is the chicken or the egg here. Let’s start with the book’s definition of wealthy – $160k/year in earnings and holding assets of $3.2 million. Poor was defined as income under $30k/year and less than $5k worth of assets. So what are the daily habits that the wealthy have in common? Some are quite interesting…. Continue reading
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When we think of racial profiling and subsequent murders leading from the act, so many of the stories host a common thread, “A suspicious black male…” This is the thread that binds many young, black men across regions, through time, and through shared history. This is something Emmett Till, Oscar Grant, Trayvon Martin and numerous others can count as their experience in life and…in death. Continue reading
For those of us watching the situation in Greece, and in Europe more generally, we are faced with the prospect of creeping fascism. In Greece and Hungary, and to a lesser extent Finland, the UK, France, Norway, Switzerland, Austria, Italy and a hodgepodge of other countries, fascist parties are emerging. In Greece the Golden Dawn, and in Hungary the Jobbik, have emerged as very important players on the social and political scenes. Fire-breathing nativists, these parties advocate for a kind of xenophobic, racist, politics that has not been heard so clearly for sixty-five years. Continue reading
I am single. In fact, I’ve been single my entire professional career. It wasn’t until recently that I discovered that being discriminated against for being single in the professional world has a name, and some academic backing: singlism.
Some will say it’s a myth, that it’s just another symptom of a generation of workers that feels entitled to everything. I know better, because I’ve experienced it first-hand. Continue reading
I was 16 when I first walked into a newsroom.
It was WCCM in Lawrence, Massachusetts (city motto: Arson Capital of the Nation!). I was a high-school senior in the town next door. My school had an internship program where I could get out of the hellish school day on a half-day and intern in what would allegedly be my chosen career. I wanted to be a writer, but the local paper didn’t take high school interns. Continue reading
In February, randyfmcdonald and I wrote about just how useless the Senate of Canada is and the expenses scandal engulfing the Senate. At the time, the scandal was (by Canadian standards) bad enough, with various Senators claiming money they weren’t entitled to, and questions arising as to whether those Senators were even constitutionally qualified to hold their offices. Continue reading
Urgh. What’s worse than high school? A company that takes all the shallow crap that exists in high school and makes it their mantra. Enter Abercrombie & Fitch, the worst representation of a heinous John Hughesian high school villain ever re-imagined for modern day consumerism. Continue reading
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Today on Joe Scarborough’s Beltway Circlejerk, our intrepid host had himself quite a fit about the President’s 2012 taxes. Personally, I found it rather sad, but also rife with opportunities to make jokes about Joe Scarborough & Friends relative lack of understanding of the world outside of the $750-a-plate brunch crowd. To that end, let’s have a little liveblog fun- Continue reading
Music has often been a way for people to address complex issues or work through painful topics, with protest songs and songs about war often exposing people to new thoughts and ideas. But sometimes an idea fails so profoundly in its execution of cultural criticism that you literally cannot believe anyone thought this was a good idea. The Hairpin calls this song a “lyrical disgrace,” and they’re honestly correct. But the most appalling part is the idea that these issues are all things that happened a long time ago, and those of us today bear no responsibility for racism in our society. Continue reading
Over at Crassparenting, I’ve shared my thoughts for parents about how to prepare their students for the college admissions process. Knowing my audience, I thought that Crasstalkers would rather hear the war stories from my odd job.
There are stupid questions: One father asked in front of 600 people if our food service had diet food because his fat daughter couldn’t afford to gain the Freshman 15. Continue reading