LinkedIn Personal Endorsements and Connections for Sale?

Last week, I wrote and posted a blog article, titled “Real or Fake; How Reliable Are LinkedIn Professional Recommendations?“, and since then, I have received notes from different users, claiming that this kind of thing has been going on for a while on LinkedIn. And...

Obituaries and Memorial Services Going Social Networking

For years, families and friends have traditionally mourned their loved ones in private settings, mostly enclosed only to those who were relatively close to the deceased person. However, as social networks are becoming more of the everyday living for many people around the...

Who Should We Blame for All the Impact of the Current Recession?

Today, in the U.S., whether you are a blue or white collar worker and if you still have a job, any kind of job, and have not been laid off or threatened to be laid off, then you are either just lucky, your laid off time hasn't ticked in yet, your employer's industry has not...

Kraft Foods, Inc., An American Made, Globally Inspired

If you order a Big Mac or hamburger with cheese at any of your favorite restaurants, anywhere in the US, then chances are, your cheese is made by Kraft Foods, Inc., (NYSE: KFT), (”Kraft Foods”), the largest branded food and beverage company in the United States and the...

NAFTA, the Good, the Best, and the Ugly for the Americas

NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, has been getting a lot of not so favorable, and sometimes, controversial headlines in recent years. Some critics blame it for the current labor shortages in the United States, due to the fact that most U.S. companies have been...

The Daring Power of Honesty

Every one of us, anywhere, are all in need of something, we are all competing for resources, to make a living, to survive, and whatever it is that we may want, we can only get it from each other, if we are completely straight forward with one another.In order to...

Gov. Blagojevich taken into custody

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich was taken into custody Tuesday morning at his Northwest Side home, sources say. According to the source, the governor is now at FBI headquarters on the city's West Side, where he is in the custody of federal authorities. Officials are...

What Every Organism Wants: Sexual Selection

Yes, the title is an indicative to capture your attention. And, since you'all seem so tired and perhaps stressed out, well, we are now in "officially" a recession. Perhaps, an economic depression is next, but not soon or may be never, I hope. So, I wanted to arouse your...

The State of South Africa's Apartheid, the Mother Root of All Evil

What is actually like to live your life according to how someone else dictates for you? You go to bed and wake up at the time given to you. You cannot leave your house at anytime before 7:00 in the morning or only when the sun has risen. And if you are somewhere, no matter...

So You Can, Stupid, Just Try!

Hey you, stupid, if you ever wanted something in your life, whatever it is, and you haven't gotten it yet, it's because you simply don't want it. But if you really want it, then go get it. No what it is, no matter how long it takes, just go do it, don't quit and don't give up...