Archives for Opinion - Page 18
Beyond the Green Corporation
The cover article of BusinessWeek for January 29 ("Beyond the Green Corporation") argues that many leading companies now believe they will make more money by helping communities and protecting the…
Warm and Fuzzy Being Poor
I was looking forward to this year's season of the Lword as they were going to, however small, take one of the characters, Helena, down the road from uber-rich to…
The Working Poor and Living on Minimum Wage
"Nobody who works hard should be poor in America." -- David Shipler Awhile back I wrote about the workers of Netflix and their $ per hour jobs. Most of the…
How $0.25 Leaves Lesbian Households Millions Short
I ran across this great article "Lesbian Economics" today at the blog. Suffice it to say women are still earning less than our male counterparts with the current figure being…
What Class Are You?
One of the few advantages of spending the first week of 2007 sick as a dog was getting the opportunity to watch the Oprah show. This past week they aired…
New Year’s Rituals for Success
Today I wrote a post on my Coaching4Lesbians blog called "Take Stock of 2006 and Create a Vision for 2007". When it comes to your finances, the same holds true…
Do second-parents have legal rights? Let’s ask Heather Poe
"The most important thing about a family is that all the people in it love each other." -- from Heather has Two Mommies Queers around the nation heard the breaking…
Oh my god I’m so jealous: the global rich list
An executive one "rung" up from me at the company makes three times my annual salary. And a huge bonus. I saw the outside of his house a few months…
Are you on track? How do you stack up?
You've got big goals, and you're working hard to reach them. Yet there's that little voice inside your head that wonders "Are you on track"? The January 2007 isse of…
The best credit card rewards programs
I don't know about you, but I spend a boatload on credit cards each year. Between travel for work and regular old personal purchases, it adds up. And I have…