http://katiekieffer.com Presenting young professionals with choices through engagement in public policy Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:08:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By Katie Kieffer [caption id="attachment_3587" align="alignleft" width="468" caption="Image credit: Richard A. Bloom/Corbis"][/caption] Blah, blah, blah. Stop talking about health care for 15 seconds. You have until at least March 18th to analyze Speaker Nancy Pelosi and streakerciser Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel bludgeon Congress to vote for Obamacare. Let's talk about the stories ... http://katiekieffer.com/2010/03/12/blah-health-care-talk-law/ By Katie Kieffer If you want to make more money than your private sector peers, get a job in PR or broadcasting for the government. Warning: You will make more money, but you will lose all creativity, input, control and ownership over your work. PR and broadcast professionals generally fall into three important ... http://katiekieffer.com/2010/03/10/throwing-treats-to-lapdogs/ 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/