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Find Them Before They Spoil the Bunch As a business owner and/or manager, you work hard and spend a considerable amount of time and money on hiring the right people. Prior experience, references and whether or not the person will fit into your company's culture are all things that must be carefully examined. If you're thorough and do your homework, chances are the person will likely work out. But what happens six months, a year, or 5 years down the road when things take a turn for the worse? Employees—especially those on the fast track—work hard to stand out and...

From Tea Parties to Swifties, Enablers to Blamers,Warmers to Deniers, a plethora of conspiracy groups have formed recently. Here are a few of the more popular ones and their supporters. My psychiatrist told me, “For the tenth time, Weinbaum, you’re not paranoid!” I replied, “So, you’re one of them!” First, the truthers: Theory: Those who believe the Bush Administration participated in or knew in advance of the 9/11 attacks and stood down in order to gain power and override Constitutional protections. This would give Bush the green light to invade Iraq and Afghanistan to guarantee a future oil supply to...

I assume the president's going to say he got bad intelligence... I think that wherever you see poverty, whether it's in the white rural community or the black urban community, you see that the resources have been sucked up into the war and tax cuts for the rich." -- Congressman Charles B. Rangel "Many black people feel that their race, their property conditions and their voting patterns have been a factor in the response....I'm not saying that myself, but what's self-evident is that you have many poor people without a way out." -- Rev. Jesse Jackson "In New Orleans, the...