Media is Part of the Story
When a television station promotes ‘continuous coverage of the protest violence’ generated by the George Zimmerman verdict –this at 11 am Tuesday after some protests got out of hand on Monday but before any Tuesday protests — media has become part of this story. While Los Angeles area community leaders were encouraging a stop to […]
Uplifting Political Debate – I’ll Drink to That
Modern political debate has all the nuance of a street fight. Canned talking points serve for wisdom, and empathy for an opposing view is considered weak, if not apostasy. You can’t remove the rough-and-tumble from politics, but how about some gracious acknowledgement of the other side? Even in the bad old segregated South we can […]
The Rapidly Evolving Internet-Based Job Training in California
Just as other education websites on the internet are rapidly evolving, there is rapid evolution in job training websites. In her position as director of the NOVA Workforce Investment Board in Silicon Valley, Ms. Kris Stadelman sees this evolution up close. She is contacted regularly by firms, selling new variations of internet-based job placement assistance […]
Wage and Hour Lawsuits – Be Warned!
It is summer and I am always searching for new and interesting issues to talk about. One issue that has come to my attention is the abuse of wage and hour lawsuits and California is a hotbed for them. A recent article in Corporate Counsel confirms just how popular they are with plaintiffs’ lawyers. For […]