Like Dennis Prager, I’ve dedicated my life to uplifting the human condition. I pattern my behavior on tne highest ideals of Western Civilization in general and the Torah in particular. Despite this, I have people in my life who try to take me down from my cross (I climb up there every day to t...

They were the favorites to win the Super Bowl through the first three games of this season. They were the most talented team in the league. They self-destructed and did not even make the playoffs. The quarterback has a poor work ethic. He’s sloppy with the ball. The team has no leadership and ...

Even though Tina Brown brings up some good points especially the fact that "now that people nearer the top are learning firsthand about the wonders of “individual initiative� and “self-reliance,� a little more sympathy—maybe even solidarity—with those the meritocracy dismissed as losers ...

We had a special guest today on The Bigg Success Show . Adam Shepard is the author of Scratch Beginnings. After graduating from college, he conducted a real-life experiment, by starting out homeless with only $25 and the clothes on his back, to see if the American Dream is still alive. His book chro...

I find myself often going back and forth between working to live and living to work. As a freelancer you have the ultimate flexibility to just work when you want and not work when you don’t want, but at the same time you see the direct finacial benefit to busting your ass. It is not only what ...

Did you catch the duo performance featuring Kenny Chesney and George Strait during the recent CMA Awards show? Chesney's new song, "Shiftwork" speaks to the soul of working people in every part of this country. Sadly, just because a person works hard every day, a job does not come with a guarantee t...

I attended our eighth grader's Moving Up Day program last week.  It's a middle school annual event for commemorating passage from middle school to high school in September.  This was my fifth moving up day ceremony.  They have all been very similar. On stage and in the audience were b...

"I have too many blessings to ever be depressed." S. Buford Scott, 75, Chairman, Scott & Stringfellow Scott & Stringfellow's familiar landmark location in downtown Richmond flashes stock "ups-and-downs" throughout the day and night with those who work in the business district automatically s...

The phone woke me up at about 11:15 p.m. on Thursday night. The voice on the other end was a young man who works at the independent living center where my mom resides. He calmly identified himself—I recognized his very kind and reassuring voice, “Miss Mildred fell and she called for our help,�...

I've only just realized that I've never explained PsychoBoss here. That's rather shocking; she was a major factor in so many of my work methodology decisions. So, here goes. I'll try to be as fair as I can. Believe me, if I wanted to be bitchy, I could go on and on and on about the daily weirdness t...