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  Today I've worked on a project presented a court case written a paper in two different languages worked five hours and by the time you're done reading this I'll have written a column. Why? Because since I was a kid everyone has told me that hard work is rewarded by success specifically monetary success. And it wasn't just said to me— every aspect of our culture … [Read more...] about The early bird gets… Nothing

It starts the moment you're born. People start making money by selling your information. Many of these unfolding privacy concerns have been focused on Facebook in the daily headlines with the premier of "The Social Network." But Facebook isn't the only company feeding off of your information and it's one of few that you've signed up for voluntarily. Despite how ridiculous it … [Read more...] about Hiding Your Private Parts

We are in the age of pundits and comparisons are flying around left and right bending history tinting statistics and mishandling messages. Reputable sources can get a bit lazy and with all the communication options available disseminating a misleading tidbit can happen in an instant. With the click of a button you re-post re-tweet or re-send the faulty information becoming a … [Read more...] about Misinformed?

Great thinkers' opinions are gold literally. $11 billion was spent on self-help books in 2008 and that's just in the United States (although we are the primary consumers of self-help literature) and that doesn't include biography another method of emulation. We spend tons of time analyzing the philosophies of great leaders from the past dissecting their lives for keys to a good … [Read more...] about Follow the Leaders

The U.S. Senate often called "the world's greatest deliberative body" has fallen a long way from its idealist calling. If you haven't been following the Senate's progression to this point here's the status quo as reported recently by Time The New Yorker The Economist and numerous commentators on the hill: The Senate is broken. After its inception the U.S. Senate gained a … [Read more...] about With Age Comes Immaturity