Category Archives: Current Affairs

By now, you’ve probably heard that Starbucks has rolled out their “new” logo. This looks to me like the story of the Emperor Has No Clothes. Someone has convinced Mr. Schultz to invest a lot of money for an image that looks and feels exactly like the one he started with. The first time I [...]

I picked up a copy of People magazine the other day only to find out that in many cases, there is still the perception that men are worth more than women. Gheez fellows, you would think in the year 2009, we'd have put this behind us, but pay differences still exist. Here is a shiny [...]

Let’s face it. Last week was a tough week for everyone with all the doom and gloom on Wall Street as well as Main Street. I was contacted by a  reporter who wanted to know if managers should be treating employees, who belong to different generations, differently given the events that have just unfolded. I told the [...]

In my blog posting of July 8th I noted that employees in Japan may be required to pay more into the national health care system if the waistlines of employees, their families and retirees exceed the government’s limits of 33.5 inches for men and 35.4 inches for women. I said it would be a matter of time [...]

Wow! This is the only word that can accurately describe yesterday’s opening ceremonies at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Just when you thought it couldn’t get any better, the torch was lit in a way that had jaws dropping in my house. (Okay, maybe that’s because I had two children and one tired spouse sleeping on [...]

I have often wondered why moms were the only ones eligible for state mandated parental leaves here in Massachusetts. I can remember feeling sad and tired when my husband left for work, leaving me with an infant. I thought I would lose it 18 months later when the second child came along. I suspect many [...]