Category: employment

A man who found his calling

September 21, 2010 | 10 comments

Last week, my wife and I went to an open house at our son’s high school. We walked through our son’s schedule, spending 10 minutes in each of his classrooms listening to the teacher tell us about the year ahead

Finding employment for our teen

September 17, 2010 | 5 comments

Last winter, my wife and I told our son Tyler that he needed to find a job for the summer. He’s 16 now, going on 17, and it seemed best that he develop a work ethic, demonstrate responsibility and earn money

Supply and employment

May 17, 2010 | 2 comments

So which comes first, supply or employment? For those who have to work for a living, there’s a tendency to believe that a job is required first before supply is available to meet needs. But I’d like to push back

Live in a surplus not a deficit

February 24, 2010 | 3 comments

There are reports of deficits, deficits, and more deficits everywhere you read or look in the news media these days. Have you noticed? The US federal government deficit is so large and numbing, that one trillion dollars lost here, another

Do you quack or soar?

February 5, 2010 | 3 comments

The following story is widely circulated on the web, and it’s a good one to be reminded of in these times of high unemployment and people striving to hold on to their job. It emphasizes the merits of offering top-notch