by Team Grype | Jan 30, 2014 | Grypes |
It’s long been a traditional introductory rite for college students to serve internships at prestigious firms to gain invaluable real-life experience, potentially leading to future employment. Such internships— paid and unpaid— are a well-established part of the...
by Team Grype | Jan 28, 2014 | Grypes |
I recently read the outraged complaint of a frustrated job-seeker describing the job interview process for “an entry-level program coordinator position.” Said process consisted of two phone interviews, after which selected candidates must travel to the...
by Team Grype | Jan 23, 2014 | Grypes |
Want to know what’s really going on, and why? “Follow the money” advises the mysterious Watergate whistleblower Hal Holbrook in the 1972 film All the President’s Men, a technique that works pretty well. And sure, following the money might...
by Team Grype | Jan 21, 2014 | Grypes |
A few words about our ever-useful (if sometimes ravenous) economic system, upon which rest the hopes and well being of the Western world: The god of capitalism is profit. In a capitalist environment, if a business venture of any kind wishes to survive, it must face...
by Team Grype | Jan 14, 2014 | Grypes |
So yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the federal lawsuit Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association (OSGATA) et al v. Monsanto, throwing it out of court. By doing so, all of the lower court rulings regarding those issues were upheld, meaning our old...
by Team Grype | Jan 9, 2014 | Grypes |
A few facts about GMOs in the food industry: 1) Proliferation of patented genetically designed bio-foods enables large corporations to claim ownership over (scientifically modified) naturally occurring plants and food sources, potentially allowing monopolies to arise...
