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Charlottesville Is Donald Trump’s Fault?
"Well, the president has to share responsibility." — Cokie Roberts, This Week, ABC News, Sunday, August 13, 2017
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Gordon Gekko’s Government
"Greed," declared Gordon Gekko in a memorable movie scene, "for lack of a better word, is good." The lead character in the 1987 hit movie Wall Street, Gekko took center stage in the anti-capitalism screed from lefty filmmaker Oliver Stone. The familiar quote is frequently rolled
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Charlottesville Horror
Is our country coming apart? The video scenes of a car driven by an apparent white racist into a crowd of counterprotesters in Charlottesville, Virginia and then backing out again are sickening and horrifying.
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How Dumb Is Silicon Valley?
Is everyone in corporate Silicon Valley an idiot? Seems a stretch. These people run companies that provide sophisticated products and services that lots of people use and that make lots of money. So you go in assuming you're dealing with people who can think.
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When Boston Progressives Abandoned Diversity
Boston voters may be forgiven for not noticing a conspicuous absence on their ballots in the municipal election this fall. Actually, it's been absent for over a century, a forgotten remnant of crooked logic from the first Progressive Era. Nowhere on the ballot lists any party affiliation associated
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Company Burns Customers — Faces Picture-Perfect Storm Of Stupidity
When will companies figure out that screwing over their entire customer base isn't the smartest move? A company called Photobucket is up for the "stupid move of the year" award after burning basically every one of its customers.
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Google’s Diversity Memo: A Translation
Editor's Note: A software engineer at Google recently wrote a 10-page memo arguing in favor of diversity in the workplace but suggesting that innate differences between men and women might explain why there are more men than women working in technology jobs. He got fired for it. A
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Town Attacks Small Business Over Goat Yoga
Just when I thought things couldn't get more insane than "goat yoga"… someone said "hold my beer." Check this out. In business, sometimes you need to take a good hard look at whether or not your staff is busy enough for you to justify
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