http://katiekieffer.com Presenting young professionals with choices through engagement in public policy Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:55:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By Katie Kieffer John Mayer copycats beware. You may think you are playing the field, but your field is limited. If you're a Playboy fan, you might be missing out on an entire species of spectacular women. Playboy is not the bare-all industry you thought it was. You may need to go ... http://katiekieffer.com/2010/03/08/how-playboy-denies-men/ By Katie Kieffer [caption id="attachment_3413" align="alignleft" width="468" caption="British models. Image by Tim Walker for British Vogue."][/caption] Across the pond, the ministers of the Crown have a competition going on. A competition with the U.S. Congress. It appears that Westminster is downright determined to show Washington that it can grow government faster. Her ... http://katiekieffer.com/2010/03/04/westminsters-absolute-tosh/ By Katie Kieffer I predict medical professionals will see an uptick in bankers with government-induced drinking addictions. The government is driving bankers into depression. It doesn't help that bankers have no one to vent to. The public has turned on bankers since the liberal media has painted them as greedy trolls ... http://katiekieffer.com/2010/03/03/driving-bankers-to-drink/ By Katie Kieffer [caption id="attachment_3300" align="alignleft" width="468" caption="Helen of Troy by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1863, oil on panel"][/caption] I'm sure you've heard of Helen of Troy from Greek Mythology. After Paris of Troy abducted Helen from her husband, Menelaus, the Greeks launched the Trojan War to win her back. Her beauty and ... http://katiekieffer.com/2010/03/01/hell-in-troy/ By Katie Kieffer Does this sound familiar? You were two peas in a pod. You wanted to grow old together. You never fought. About anything. Except money, that is. Now, the two of you are history. Quit throwing darts at your ex's photo. Pull up a chair in my office,  and I'll ... http://katiekieffer.com/2010/02/25/dumped-blame-washington/ By Katie Kieffer [caption id="attachment_3202" align="alignleft" width="468" caption="Taylor Swift"][/caption] Do me a favor and turn on your radio. Wait five minutes and you'll probably hear a DJ venting about the recording industry's push for legislation that could effectively tax the next Taylor Swift or T.I. off free local radio. I think local radio ... http://katiekieffer.com/2010/02/24/shouldve-said-no-taylor-tax/ By Katie Kieffer [caption id="attachment_3159" align="alignleft" width="468" caption="Katie & Amie's 'Big Trade Up.' Art copyright Amie Kieffer 2010."][/caption] There is always a better and more efficient way to do things, including donating to charity. During this recession, many non-profits are hurting. Government grants and private donations are beginning to dry up. But, ... http://katiekieffer.com/2010/02/22/make-a-big-trade-up/ By Katie Kieffer [caption id="attachment_3076" align="alignleft" width="468" caption="Image credit: Red Bull"][/caption] Wouldn’t it be fun to shred the U.S. recession into oblivion the way a skier shreds the Jackson Hole gnar gnar? It would be as exhilarating as finding a cure to cancer - on an economic level.  Well, the U.S. does ... http://katiekieffer.com/2010/02/16/shred-recession-to-gnar-gnar/ By Katie Kieffer [caption id="attachment_3014" align="alignleft" width="468" caption="Image credit: The Green Blazer blog"][/caption] Want to embarrass yourself on the golf course? Whiff, whiff and whiff away. Fail to make contact with the ball and you'll tee yourself up for a tense round of ridicule from your golfing partners. Golf may have just whiffed ... http://katiekieffer.com/2010/02/15/whiffed-up-olympic-politics/ By Katie Kieffer [caption id="attachment_2930" align="alignleft" width="468" caption="Angels from Raphael's Sistine Madonna."][/caption] Italian prodigy, Raphael, once painted two angels in the Sistine Chapel. This angelic pair has celebrity status if you consider how often they are photographed by the art world's paparazzi of art connoisseurs and entrepreneurs. Political historians like myself surmise ... http://katiekieffer.com/2010/02/11/stupid-cupids-trophy-case/