N.B. I began this post about a month ago, but I never really could find a way to finish it. Rather than allow it to linger, I’ve decided to publish it. In Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?, Martin Luther King Jr. writes: Unfortunately, when hope diminishes, the hate is often turned most bitterly toward those who […]
Categories: social
Tagged: democrats, government, liberalism, obama, politics
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- 12 January 2011 – 10:05 pm
- Author:
- By petrilli
There is a pernicious myth that is consistently spread by many people that the “average” Federal employee is bathing in the excesses of government largess and is overpaid. While this is likely to be true in some cases, the typical position is generally underpaid versus the area and responsibilities. To show how bad the situation really […]
Categories: social
Tagged: federal, government, gs, pay
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- 28 December 2010 – 3:54 pm
- Author:
- By petrilli
We are not, as Darwin proffered, descended from the “lower mammals”. We are not the product of millions of years of evolution. We are, instead, the unrelenting descendant of telephone sanitizers. This was made ever more clear over the last few weeks as I struggled to explain to a client why charging their customers for the simple […]
Categories: technology
Tagged: business, government
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- 11 May 2010 – 8:44 am
- Author:
- By petrilli