Rick Smith

Did anyone see this story about the PS 203 school teacher who indicated on Facebook that she wanted to kill her students? From the New York Post:  “Veteran Brooklyn teacher Christine Rubino is fighting for her career after she vented her frustration with unruly fifth-graders by referring to the shocking death, ...

I love this recent thread on Penelope Trunk’s blog (and I love her blog): “How many people go to law school thinking they are going to represent the underdog and save the world?  Thousands. And how many people can pay off law school loans and support a family and save the ...

I recently sat down with some of my friends and my 14 year old son.  Feeling somewhat reverent and parental, I announced to my son, “I am going to reveal to you the only two things that you need to do to be successful.  First, you need ...

Wow. 40% of those unemployed in the workforce have been so for 12 months or more. This means a very large population of frustrated people out there. So, here are a few (likely controversial) ideas on how best to get a job: 1)GET A JOB! I am not going to give you advice ...

There are few things more destructive to a team than a no win manipulator. To illustrate, I was just watching updates about the uprising in Egypt on Fox News. The announcer said that Obama had intervened directly in the situation, then asked the panel, “So, did Obama do too much, or ...

The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its yearly neologism contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words. My contributions (for not so common words): Assmosis: A process by which people absorb success and achievement by kissing up rather than truly earning ...