Monthly Archives: August 2022

The CEO of Whole Foods says younger people have to earn the right to do meaningful work. Gen Z disagrees.

Klaus Vedfelt / Getty Images Whole Foods CEO John Mackey recently said younger people “don’t seem like they want to work” partly because they want meaningful jobs. “You can’t expect to start with meaningful work. You’re going to have to earn it,” he said.  But Gen Z isn’t wasting any time; finding work that aligns…

Workplace bullying and mobbing: Annotated recommended book list for 2022

  This is an updated and revised annotated list of books on workplace bullying and related topics, following up on earlier lists published here in 2011 and 2018. This list now sorts recommended volumes into categories, while recognizing there is considerable overlap among them. Here are several preliminary points before I jump into the list…

Trump lawyer says she’s told him all litigation involving the former president ‘will stop’ if he announces he’s not running for office in 2024

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Hilton Anatole on August 06, 2022 in Dallas, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty Images A Trump lawyer said investigations into the former president would stop if he didn’t run for office in 2024. The Department of Justice executed an FBI raid of…

Democratic Rep. Carolyn Maloney said ‘off the record’ that Biden is not running for re-election in 2024: report

Rep. Carolyn Maloney and President Joe Biden. Drew Angerer/Getty Images and Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images A leading House Democrat told The New York Times in an interview published Saturday that President Joe Biden is not running for re-election in 2024 — appearing to give an “off the record” remark to the publication.  Rep. Carolyn Maloney of…

GOP Rep. James Comer says Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert have shown interest in being on Oversight Committee in a Republican-controlled House

Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., speaks during a hearing on Texas voting rights in Washington, DC, on July 29, 2021. Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert have shown interest in joining the Oversight panel. GOP ranking member James Comer told Politico that the conservative pair were eyeing the committee. Republican leaders hope…