A new survey from human-resources services firm Aon Hewitt found that companies are spending a record share of their payroll on performance-based bonuses, signaling a shift away from longer-term salary increases.via Bonuses Are the New Raises – At Work – WSJ. Contractors are the new employees, and bonuses are the new raises. Both are part of a work…
The Evolution of my American Nationalism
I am a proud American, and this sentiment has taken many forms over my few decades. Youth I was raised to believe America was a superhero, a boyscout, a beacon on the hill, and I did believe that. We were taught that we did some bad things, and that caution was in order, but overall we were the…
The Open Source (Political) Revolution
Open source everything, in this context, offers us the chance to build on what we’ve learned through industrialisation, to learn from our mistakes, and catalyse the re-opening of the commons, in the process breaking the grip of defunct power structures and enabling the possibility of prosperity for all. ~ Robert David Steele This article is phenomenal. This guy…
Corporations Control Our Free Time
I’ve only been back at work for a few days, but already I’m noticing that the more wholesome activities are quickly dropping out of my life: walking, exercising, reading, meditating, and extra writing. The one conspicuous similarity between these activities is that they cost little or no money, but they take time. ~ FilmsForAction This is a brilliant…
The Rise of the Servant Class
I think we’re about to see the creation of a servant class in the United States. With increasing incoming inequality, and a decreasing number of jobs to be had (that can’t be done by computers or robots), there will be a massive pool of people at the bottom that have little to offer the market. Except helping those…
Minorities Aren’t Reading
The reading scores among 17-year-olds, however, remained relatively unchanged since the 1970s.About 46 percent of white children are considered “proficient” in reading, compared with 18 percent of black children and 20 percent of Hispanic kids. ~ Reuters
Benghazi is 1% of Iraq
There is often considerable irony in GOP political positions. They’re for personal responsibility, but they don’t like sex education. They’re against government interference in our personal lives, but they want to prevent certain people from getting married. They believe in the sanctity of life, but they support the death penalty. They’re pro-Jesus but anti-poor.
Anatomy of the Corporate Soldier
I’ve been frustrated lately with our education system. It’s not a new idea, but it seems increasingly obvious that our high schools and universities are becoming corporate employee farms instead of learning institutions.
High Paying Jobs as an American Priority
I’m baffled by the shortsightedness of those who seek profit at the expense of the middle class and poor. I don’t understand how it’s so attractive to have more and more of less and less rather than a steady, but small piece, of something that’s healthy and growing. Or maybe I do understand that: Perhaps it’s as basic…
Why We Have Abysmal Broadband in the U.S.
What bothers me about the U.S. broadband situation isn’t how bad it is, but that many people seem to think the reason is a mystery. Other advanced nations are providing tens, hundreds, and even gigabits of bandwidth to their citizens, while we wallow in the relative modem-ages. People enjoy saying it’s the size of the country that matters,…
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