But all issues are black and white. At least thats is what I have learned from many of the commenters here.

Not often a fan of yours but this article really struck a cord with me (in a good way). Thank you.

Most likely a code of conduct that you agree to when participating in High school sports.

It’s not that the big unions can’t afford such large-scale commitments; they just haven’t decided to do it.

I had read that he was more polite in the BBC version. What I don’t understand is why the networks think we americans want the loud confrontational Gordon. I know I don’t.

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Reality is more complex than you would like it to be.

I disagree that it is sexism. I don’t disagree that there are factors that account for the difference. I don’t disagree that taking time off for childcare affects a women pay but I also don’t believe that because a society has evolved with the traditions it has, it is sexism.

I would agree that gender seems to be a factor in those articles. I would also like to point out that last three that you list are all article about the same study. The author of that study had this to say “Muench said union participation and whether female nurses had taken time out of the workforce to have children…

I would speculate in these particular fields that perhaps women may not spend as much time or don’t have associations with as many people with needs for those products. Perhaps there are statistics that eliminate other factors, but those charts do not.

No I do not have any evidence other than what is in those charts. I was pointing out that that those occupations which are heavily commissioned based show the biggest discrepancies in wages. It is possible that the commissions have been affected by gender but more often than not the commission rates don’t change from…

I am not trying to be an ass how ever it may appear. But after a quick review of the charts, two of the occupations with the biggest discrepancies are Financial advisors and Insurance sales agents. Both of those are generally commission based pay. I would argue that there are other factors in play other than just…

This article got me wondering if my local grocery store did delivery. They do and they also have a weekly meal plan that allows you to click on the meals you want and adds them to a shopping list. I may try that to see if it helps with the monotony of cooking the same meals over and over because you can’t remember…

I know that it would make sense to buy the single stock but then some part of me convinces myself that I shouldn’t pay that much for a single stock. And then that argument continues until I finally leave the store with nothing and stop for a Whopper with cheese on the way home.

My question is, why has the level moved from 15% being standard?

That is beyond bizarre. How does a policy like that even get made? I would think even teenage boys would be giggling as they came up with such a plan.

You nailed it on the head! I have always thought they got it backwards.

When the story initially broke that Janiyah died, Aisha Saltmarshall did not defend her son. Saltmarshall claimed that she had placed calls to police and child-protective services because she did not believe that Janiyah was safe.

Why wouldn’t they call Osha? (Seriously, not trying to be a ass.)

You may think I am being an asshole. If it is because I am pointing out that one could make better choices than having six kids with four different women by the age of 25, I’ll take being labeled an asshole.