Quotes about "Contemporary Issues"

There is no better example of social and economic policy discussion as an idle pastime for the rich than the World Economic Forum at Davos. These guys make the millionaire schmoozers at the Aspen Ideas Festival look like short-order cooks. ”

Is class snobbery a social reality in the United States? Absolutely, and the kind that's codified by meritocracy is probably more toxic than the old-fashioned kind based on bloodlines. ”

To argue that universal health care would wreck the U.S. lead in cancer survival, you'd have to argue that universal health care would wreck the entire U.S. economy. ”

Our border patrol does a great job under these very dangerous conditions. They use very sophisticated equipment, including gamma rays, to detect drugs and illegal immigrants as they enter the U.S. ”

As a person who has spent my career as a child psychologist and have dealt with many children who have struggled with many problems in families, I have seen families ripped apart by so many things that sometimes law has tried to deal with. ”

Job applications are an aesthetic event. They are performance art. They are not about proving you are smart - well, maybe your writing sample does that, but even then, the main point is to get an interview. ”

Spending some money on the you who is going to get a job is essential. ”

I used to keep a folder with all my rejection letters in it - a few years into having a job, I burned it. ”

Somewhat selfishly, perhaps, I like to think that the best people sometimes take a few goes to get a job. ”

A job letter, an interview - even a writing sample - have far less to do with intellect and far more to do with aesthetics than you think. ”