Politics

No fights around the dinner table allowed! Just some food for thought.

Million Woman March in Egypt

December 20, 2011

  Egyptian women are yet again taking to the streets in protest of the recent violence against citizens. These women have the most to lose in an Egyptian regime change and take huge risks protesting in public.  The article, posted today on CNN.com, quotes Nazly Hussien, an activist, as saying, “I noticed protesters are not [...]

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Politics and Chemicals?

November 27, 2011
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Today I spent some time reading the major news outlets’ websites. I enjoy reading political news and opinions from both sides. I do not, however, enjoy reading the comments. Ok. Maybe sometimes. Some are quite thoughtful and insightful. Some are ridiculous enough to be entertaining. And some are just rude.

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6 Project Management Tips for OccupyWallStreet

November 18, 2011

I admit it. They annoy me. Occupy Wall Street feels like a throwback from the 70′s or a frat party that’s dragged on too long. I was at Zuccotti park a few weeks ago and it just looked like a bunch of attention seekers with no place better to be. Stuff going on everywhere: drums, [...]

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Just talk.

October 27, 2011

I heard something today that both frustrated and disappointed me. As usual, I was chasing back and forth between several talk/news shows on my satellite radio. The story was that someone asked the president’s press secretary how long it has been since the president spoke with the senate minority leader. He could not say. Seems [...]

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Got power?

October 26, 2011

If you are anything like me, you often wonder if you’ve got much power over anything in life (maybe the dog…hmmm…probably not even her). But it is amazing the power people can exert with the right motivation. Lately I’ve been reading article after article about the power women around the world are exerting in their [...]

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