Today, General Motors (GM) and Ford released disheartening news regarding their vehicle manufacturing operations. GM reported a net loss of $15.5 Billion for the second quarter of this year. Ford followed that with a report stating their overall United States vehicle sales dropped 14.9% in July. Even Toyota joined the crowd reporting a drop of […]

Last week I ran across a story involving a man shooting his lawn mower because it wouldn’t start. Well that just doesn’t sound rational does it? I can tell you there have been times I’ve wanted to shoot an inanimate object because it wasn’t complying with what I needed it to do. However, I have […]

Americans have been taught throughout their lives a fundamental “rule” about our society involving Church and State. The First Amendment of our Bill of Rights includes the following, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…” This is the first sentence of our first amendment of our […]

Over the weekend, I watched an online news clip from CNN’s medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta and I just had to write an article about the subject. Yes, it appears that researchers have found not one, but three genes which potentially determine violent behavior in humans. How did our “crack team” of scientists determine these […]

The other day, I found an intriguing thought/concept posted on Jeremy Zawodny’s personal blog. He poses a question regarding airlines and the concept of charging people ticket prices based upon their weight. Of course the concept was not held in high regards by the majority of his responders but is the theory behind the question […]

In the article titled “Shortweek,” I brought up a theory about the current state of treatment of employees throughout our country. I stated, “Employee satisfaction and morale usually isn’t the number one thing on management’s minds these days.” While it is a pretty broad statement and there are many people who are being treated very […]

As you know from some of my previous articles, I’m a sports fan. Well, sometimes I would classify myself as a sports nut as I’m sure my wife would concur. Next Tuesday, July 15th, is the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. If you are not familiar with how players are chosen for the game, it […]

Today, in my daily routine of surfing the latest news and information on the Internet, I ran across an article about a subject that I’ve been a HUGE promoter of for many, many years. The article reported that the state of Utah is going to move their state employee base to a 4 day workweek. […]

Have you ever driven by a parking lot of a business, restaurant, or house and just taken a look at the cars parked there? Do you make any snap judgments based on what you see? Today, I am going to talk about something I like to call “Parking Lot Pride.” We all like to have […]

We’ve talked about gas and oil prices in a couple articles before. Recently, I ran across a new article online that got me to thinking about the whole gas and oil predicament again (like it ever left). Anyway, the article reports 4 energy analysts testified to the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Monday, June […]