This will be a short post to balance out last night’s. On Terry Whalin’s blog today he had a link to an article written by Mike Morehouse, a man who lost his father when the Marshall University football team died in the plane crash 36 years ago. I highly recommend the article to get a sense of the people behind …
Research Tips
I have a confession to make. I love research. I was a history minor at the University of Nebraska and talk about getting a masters in history. Yeah, I know. In all my spare time, I’ll start working on it. My husband looks cross-eyed at me, too, when I mention it. He thinks a law degree should be sufficient. 🙂 …
The Senate
Just when you think things are stable in Washington — whether you like em or not — everything gets tossed in the air again. There’s still no clear word on how Senator Johnson from South Dakota is doing, but for an interesting article on what could happen, check out this article from TIME.
Christian Publishing
Sometimes it takes me awhile to get around the blogosphere. Today I traveled over to Michael Hyatt’s blog From Where I Sit. He is the President and CEO of Thomas Nelson. On Monday he discussed their publishing standards in a great post. People often ask me what it means to be in Christian publishing. I am an infant in this …
Sometimes the law is strange
Today I learned I won a pretty major motion. This is the kind of motion that if I had lost it, my client would be denied their day in court. Because we won, now I have to try to figure out how to construct a case on this piece that will win at trial, or look good enough to get …
Here’s a new one
I am always amazed at the ideas people come up with and with the people who tell them they can’t be done. Today’s Forbes online is running an article about a Marine in North Carolina who wanted to auction his name to the highest bidder. Yep, whoever paid the most money would be able to tell him what he would …
Randomness of Searches
One way I stay on the lookout for the engaging and compelling (LOL) information I highlight in this blog is through a Google automated search. Sometimes it is really interesting what it pulls. For example, last night it found the following for me: An article in the New Republic about Ben Steins conflicted conservatism. An article in Human Events about …
Washington: Writing in Plain English
Washington (not D.C. but the state) has taken on the English language. Specifically, state government has spent the last two years trying to teach government employees to use plain English. Why? Because the theory is people will obey laws and regulations if they can understand them. Novel concept isn’t it. Here’s one example from the USAToday article: Department of Labor …
Blogger Update
Last night I spent time making the switch to Blogger Beta. Don’t do it unless you have time to reenter all your links. I didn’t really have time, but it’s done now. Hope you like it. 🙂 Have a great weekend, folks, and I’ll see you on Monday.
Strength Test as Discrimination
The Eight Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in EEOC v. Dial Corporation (a meat-packing plant in Iowa — not the soap) that an employer who changed its pre-employment strength test violated anti-discrimination laws. Prior to the revised strength test employees at Dial were roughly 50/50 men to women. After, women who were hired plummeted to 15%. That disparate impact on …