Monthly Archives: January 2013

Can You Be Fired for (Online) Venting?

Back in Ancient times, when I entered the work world, when you were pissed at your boss you would gather by the water cooler and do your whining in person. The boss would rarely hear about it, and if she did learn of your complaints, it was usually considered harmless venting. Now that people do […]

Another reason to love the law.

The law is a powerful tool. It plays an important role in having an ordered society. An ordered society is one in which when you order a footlong sandwich at Subway, you get 12 inches. Is it false advertising to call it a “footlong” when the sandwich is only 11 inches? I don’t know for […]

Lying

I spend a lot of time reading about lying. This tends to be a depressing yet enlightening endeavor. Research shows that most of us lie in small ways often. But then there are the Grand Poobah’s of lying: Bernie Madoff, Bill Clinton (although Kant would say Bill was evading, not lying), my favorite TV character […]

Recommendations

I hope my former students are still reading this blog. This is probably most important for those who have already suffered through my class, although it is a good thought for the future for my new students. I wrote this a few years ago after spending my entire winter break writing letters of recommendation for […]

Thou shalt not…spit on the sidewalk?

One of our favorite dinner table topics in my house is what we would do if we were in charge of the world for a day. Usually the discussion centers around excessive dessert eating and elimination of homework. I like to pretend I can eliminate all the things in the world that annoy me. None […]

My competition.

Apparently Lindsay Lohan wants my job.