What worked for my cousin and mother (both of which only have a HS diploma) is their attitudes. My cousin worked for Domino's Pizza, but he had the 'If something needs to get done, I'll get it done' attitude, and he's now the district manager of Dominos... and mind you, he's probably in his late 20s to early 30s, so he's done fairly well for himself. Mom also only had an HS degree, but her experience in sales landed her a job selling radio advertising, reading career help books to make up the difference (most people with this job has a college degree). Eventually, she was hired by another station as sales manager (with a signing bonus... in the middle of the recession). She didn't like it, and now is an advertising consultant fore local businesses. I'm also proud of my father's career achievements, but he's another story entirely.

Sharyl sounds like the sort of reporter that is the poster girl for what a reporter ought to be like. Which makes CBS's actions against her all the more symbolic.

I'm not sure. I doubt the prisoners will appreciate her attempts to redistribute cigarettes.

So, what does everyone think that the odds are that Obama is going to attempt to throw Hillary under the bus?

Luckily for me, my university's poli sci and econ departments are both balanced (heck, I've even had the county GOP chairmen as a prof. for two classes). Still, I can remember one prof. who found time in most lectures to go on a long global warming rant.

How has Jackson not drowned in all the bs she's swimming in?

[sarcasm] Classy as always Senator Reid. [/sarcasm]

I think we can all understand that classical economists reject minimum wage hikes. But something interesting about it is that the vast majority of KEYNESIAN economists also say it's bad. So basically, Obama is promoting a policy that the very economic school that Democrats borrow their policies from says is a bad idea.

For the love all that is good, Cruz-Paul 2016! The other way around, of course, is perfectly acceptable too.

And to think that he used to be considered one of the GOP's rising stars.