Pre-Screening Applicants Takes Many Forms
Job interviews are just like meeting your girlfriend’s parents for the first time – there are so many ways to blow it. One time I was interviewing for a job in Oregon. The interviewer led […]
Author: Thomas Sullivan
Thomas Sullivan is the author of So Much Time, So Little Change (a book of essays published by Wayman Publishing). It is available at Amazon in print and Kindle. Thomas lives in Seattle.
Don’t Worry, We Have A Plan
The Supreme Court is hearing a case that could upend the Affordable Care Act. If the court strikes down subsidies used by people in states with federally run exchanges, an estimated 7.5 million people could […]
The Economic Stimulus No One Is Talking About
Sorry for the cheesy headline. But have you noticed the trend of adding “no one is talking about” to web-content headlines? The reader is supposed to think “Damn, if no one’s discussing it, this article must […]
I Am Running For President!
Running for President as a conservative is a lot like dodging roadkill on a busy two-lane highway. You can’t veer left, which guarantees certain death. So you’re forced to swerve hard to the right, but […]
Things Are Changing So Fast
I doubt that humans and chimpanzees knew what was happening five million years ago. Humans were pulling ahead due to the benefits of harnessing fire and the group-bonding advantages of dick jokes. But neither group […]
Man’s Best Friend To The Rescue
Dogs are amazing. They can sniff out bombs and they can find the drugs you’re bringing on vacation that you hid in your dad’s carry-on bag. They can understand human facial expressions. Dogs can even […]
The (Just Like Harry) Truman Show
It’s the central conundrum of running for your nation’s highest office. You’re wealthy and the people funding your campaign are far wealthier. But this presents a problem. You need to connect with voters of normal means […]
The Trick To Using Amazon Reviews: Read The “Experts”. Then Do The Opposite.
The other day I heard a Pink Floyd song on the radio. I’d forgotten how good they are. So I went onto Amazon to look for a disk of theirs. I found one that was […]
A Source You Can Trust
In the run up to the Iraq War the network news shows were accused of falling down on the job. People said that they failed to question the veracity of claims that Iraq possessed weapons […]
The Other Repo Men
The other day I was talking to a friend who grew up in a rural part of the Midwest. His father worked for a bank and, early in his career, was responsible for doing repossessions. […]