Obama's Win Is Going To Keep NASA On Track
President Barack Obama's re-election Tuesday night (Nov. 6) means NASA will likely continue along its current path, working to get astronauts to an asteroid by 2025 among other goals.A change of course...
View ArticleThe Best Leaders Ask Employees How They Want To Be Managed
Forget what you learned in those management books. There's really only one way to ensure that everyone on your team excels.Management books have it all wrong. They all try to tell you how to manage...
View ArticleDeleting Climate Change Info From Sandy’s Wikipedia Page Got One Man Banned
Ken Mampel for several days was one of the most active Wikipedia editors on Hurricane Sandy’s page. He was soon called out for taking down mentions of global warming and climate change as it pertained...
View ArticleYour Brain Knows Mr. Right From Mr. Wrong Instantly
How do you know when you're attracted to a new face?Thank your medial prefrontal cortex, a brain region now discovered to play a major role in romantic decision-making.Different parts of this region,...
View ArticleHow Obama's Re-Election Will Change His Environmental Policy
President Barack Obama secured a second four-year term in yesterday’s vote.What is the likely outcome of that historic event on energy and environmental issues? Simply put: more of the same.Let me...
View ArticleGet Ready For The Government To Eat Billions In Load Modifications
This man is Ed DeMarco.He’s the acting head of the Federal Housing Finance Authority (FHFA). He’s going to lose his job in the next six weeks.Democrats want to go back to the good old days when Fannie...
View ArticleMeth Kills The Flu Virus In The Lab
Meth kills brain cells, fuels tooth decay, loads the body with toxins and weakens the heart, muscles and immune system.But the otherwise body-wrecking drug may also have flu-fighting properties, new...
View Article10 Former Pro Athletes Who Are Now Serving Time In Prison
Former Yankees’ standout pitcher Brien Taylor is widely accepted as one of the biggest disappointments in Major League Baseball history.Now, he’s known as one of the game’s most notorious...
View ArticleROMAN ABRAMOVICH TESTS KREMLIN FOREIGN INVESTMENT STRICTURE WITH NEW...
By John Helmer, MoscowRoman Abramovich was recently able to bamboozle a British judge with no experience of Russia, when the credibility standard was set by Boris Berezovsky. But can his winsome...
View ArticleGeorge Soros: Obama's Win Means America Has 'Rejected Extremist Positions'
George Soros called President Barack Obama’s re-election a sign that Americans have “rejected extremist positions.”The billionaire investor told Reuters in an email Tuesday that Obama’s victory of...
View ArticleObama Successfully Repositioned Romney And Won
In a previous post, I said that the winner of the election would be the one that does a better job of repositioning the other. While many have weighed in on the reasons why Obama won the election, the...
View ArticleObama Is In For A Bumpy Ride
President Obama's Electoral College victory Tuesday may have settled an election, but not a direction.Weakened by a near-split in the popular vote and a contest marked by its nastiness and small-bore...
View ArticleWhy Executives Are So Bad At The Behavioral Side Of Management
For too long, we’ve thought of “hard skills” and “soft skills” as mutually exclusive. Hard skills are supposed to provide the value, and soft skills supposed to be subordinate, inferior, and all about...
View ArticleCanada's War Against Rats
"I have a freezer full of dead rats," says Laurie Wein, project manager at Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve in western Canada.It's a necessary evil, for the restoration specialist leading Parks...
View ArticleDisney Hits Q4 Earnings Target
ESPN and theme parks powered Disney in the fourth fiscal quarter of 2012, as the media conglomerate hit analyst expectations for earnings per share on the dot at $0.68.Disney fell short on the revenue...
View Article10 Consumer Issues Washington Has Ignored For Far Too Long
In an era of increasingly sophisticated financial transactions, many consumers are falling further and further behind in understanding how to use such products.The result is tremendous friction between...
View ArticleHyundai And Kia Are Being Sued For $755 Million Over False Fuel Economy Claims
SEOUL, Nov 8 (Reuters) - A U.S. lawsuit has been filed against Hyundai Motor Co and affiliate Kia Motors Corp, seeking $775 million in damages in one of the biggest known actions against the automakers...
View ArticleThe 8 Cardinal Rules For Working With A Headhunter
Many job-seekers hesitate to use a headhunter for their next career move.What a pity, as a successful external recruiter has something you don’t: inside information on companies that interest you and...
View Article7 Life Choices That Will Send You Straight To The Poorhouse
I recently got back from a vacation that included a family wedding on the Central California coast and a sightseeing trip around the San Francisco Bay Area.Of course, one of the most popular...
View ArticleHere's A Look Back At The Biggest Campaign Scandals You've Probably Already...
Now that the results are in, the votes are counted and the speeches given, the seemingly endless 2012 election can at long last be put to bed. President Barack Obama crossed the finish line well before...
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