Victor Rozek
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As I See It: Lawyers, Lies, and Statistics
July 23, 2007 Victor Rozek
… Read moreHere’s a statistic guaranteed to curdle the cream in an IT professional’s coffee. The huge populations of China and India have produced a correspondingly huge crop of offsprings–628 million kids under the age of 15, give or take a village. That’s a lot of young people who will soon (if they haven’t already) enter the global labor market. Americans, on the other hand, have sired some 60 million moppets, who blissfully haunt the nation’s malls, unaware of the approaching competitive tidal wave about to engulf them.
That’s a 10 to 1 disadvantage. Not good odds for future job seekers or
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As I See It: The All-American Exhausting Vacation
July 9, 2007 Victor Rozek
… Read moreIf you can overlook the mosquitos and the natural grandeur, spending a day in Yosemite is a lot like spending a day at Disney’s It’s a Small World attraction. In both locations you will find crowds, long lines, and examples of people who wear exotic clothing and don’t speak English. They come from all points of the compass, speaking a Babel of languages from melodic to staccato, and although their history and customs are as varied as wild flowers, they have at least one thing in common: They get more vacation time than the locals.
It’s no secret that Americans
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As I See It: The All-American Exhausting Vacation
July 9, 2007 Victor Rozek
… Read moreIf you can overlook the mosquitos and the natural grandeur, spending a day in Yosemite is a lot like spending a day at Disney’s It’s a Small World attraction. In both locations you will find crowds, long lines, and examples of people who wear exotic clothing and don’t speak English. They come from all points of the compass, speaking a Babel of languages from melodic to staccato, and although their history and customs are as varied as wild flowers, they have at least one thing in common: They get more vacation time than the locals.
It’s no secret that Americans
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As I See It: The All-American Exhausting Vacation
July 9, 2007 Victor Rozek
… Read moreIf you can overlook the mosquitos and the natural grandeur, spending a day in Yosemite is a lot like spending a day at Disney’s It’s a Small World attraction. In both locations you will find crowds, long lines, and examples of people who wear exotic clothing and don’t speak English. They come from all points of the compass, speaking a Babel of languages from melodic to staccato, and although their history and customs are as varied as wild flowers, they have at least one thing in common: They get more vacation time than the locals.
It’s no secret that Americans
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As I See It: Dare to Be Rich
June 25, 2007 Victor Rozek
… Read moreLet me preface this by saying that what I’m suggesting may be illegal. Which is not to say that there aren’t a lot of wealthy people and corporations doing it. It’s called sheltering income and those who shelter theirs do so because they can; and they can because wealth provides them with a level of immunity from the laws they find restrictive-an exemption not generally available to toi and moi. So if you want to join the chorus singing Gimme Shelter, it may be necessary to adopt the same swagger and contempt for equity exhibited by the ruling
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As I See It: Dare to Be Rich
June 25, 2007 Victor Rozek
… Read moreLet me preface this by saying that what I’m suggesting may be illegal. Which is not to say that there aren’t a lot of wealthy people and corporations doing it. It’s called sheltering income and those who shelter theirs do so because they can; and they can because wealth provides them with a level of immunity from the laws they find restrictive-an exemption not generally available to toi and moi. So if you want to join the chorus singing Gimme Shelter, it may be necessary to adopt the same swagger and contempt for equity exhibited by the ruling
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As I See It: Dare to Be Rich
June 25, 2007 Victor Rozek
… Read moreLet me preface this by saying that what I’m suggesting may be illegal. Which is not to say that there aren’t a lot of wealthy people and corporations doing it. It’s called sheltering income and those who shelter theirs do so because they can; and they can because wealth provides them with a level of immunity from the laws they find restrictive-an exemption not generally available to toi and moi. So if you want to join the chorus singing Gimme Shelter, it may be necessary to adopt the same swagger and contempt for equity exhibited by the ruling
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As I See It: The Ne’er-Do-Well’s Guide to Enlightenment
June 11, 2007 Victor Rozek
… Read moreThe Catholic Church counts it as a grievous sin. Kierkegaard thought it was the only true good. Agatha Christie believed it was the mother of invention. Gandhi found it to be a delightful but distressing state. Granni Nazzano called it the hobby that naturally rules out all others. And Mortimer Caplan thought it was the habit of resting before you get tired. The “it” that inspired so many unique and contradictory assessments has almost as many names as it has descriptions. In more formal times it was known as sloth, idleness, or indolence. But as the world lightened up, so
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As I See It: The Ne’er-Do-Well’s Guide to Enlightenment
June 11, 2007 Victor Rozek
… Read moreThe Catholic Church counts it as a grievous sin. Kierkegaard thought it was the only true good. Agatha Christie believed it was the mother of invention. Gandhi found it to be a delightful but distressing state. Granni Nazzano called it the hobby that naturally rules out all others. And Mortimer Caplan thought it was the habit of resting before you get tired. The “it” that inspired so many unique and contradictory assessments has almost as many names as it has descriptions. In more formal times it was known as sloth, idleness, or indolence. But as the world lightened up, so
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As I See It: The Ne’er-Do-Well’s Guide to Enlightenment
June 11, 2007 Victor Rozek
… Read moreThe Catholic Church counts it as a grievous sin. Kierkegaard thought it was the only true good. Agatha Christie believed it was the mother of invention. Gandhi found it to be a delightful but distressing state. Granni Nazzano called it the hobby that naturally rules out all others. And Mortimer Caplan thought it was the habit of resting before you get tired. The “it” that inspired so many unique and contradictory assessments has almost as many names as it has descriptions. In more formal times it was known as sloth, idleness, or indolence. But as the world lightened up, so