Best Online College Degrees? Be Careful!
In these challenging economic times, many people are thinking about going back to college. Many former service members recently became eligible for extra economic incentives for doing so.
This is a good thing – a sane thing, even – and as someone once told me, “They can take everything away from me, but they cannot [...]
August 20, 2009
Tags: business, capacity building, College, critical thinking, Education, The Web, Tips Posted in: Resources, Tips 
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More Lies We’re Told About Health Care in the US
One of the things you’ll hear frequently when discussing health care  with Americans has to do with “the reason why prescription drugs are SO expensive in the USA.” Those of you reading from outside this country may be surprised to hear that the average person on the street in the US probably believes (and I’ve [...]
July 20, 2009
Tags: business, Congress, conservatives, health, insanity, prescription medicaton Posted in: Insane One Comment
The Bankers are Not Your Friends
I don’t know that much about Senator Dick Durbin, (though I am glancing over his voting record as I write this) but I did run across this interesting little quote from him today.
Durbin is a Democratic Senator from IL, and apparently he said recently:
“And the banks – hard to believe in a time when we’re [...]
May 30, 2009
Tags: business, common sense, Congress, economy, insanity, money, priorities, Republicans, taxes Posted in: Insane 2 Comments
Critical Thinking is the Key
Having grown up in the USA, and been educated here, obviously nearly all of my experience is with American culture. Simply because of pure dumb luck, I was exposed through my work to some well-educated Americans who understood the importance of critical thinking, at the ripe old age of about 32, and who made a [...]
February 23, 2009
Tags: attitudes, business, common sense, critical thinking, culture, thoughts Posted in: Sane 5 Comments
Too Little Too Late; lessons for every business
I’ve been thinking about customer service a lot lately. As someone who does/has done a lot of work and a lot of selling online, for many years now, and who also had a lot of (basically tortured interesting) experience working with the public face to face in retail, I have a lot of experience with [...]
February 21, 2009
Tags: business, common sense, customer service, Ebay, economy, money, online auctions, Resources, sanity Posted in: Insane, Resources, Sane, Tips 4 Comments
