by Dennis Beaver | discrimination, employment
June 11, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver As the concept of age discrimination has become better known, complaints from older American workers — people over 40— have gradually increased. Since COVID-19, agencies that deal with age discrimination have seen a significant ramping...
by Dennis Beaver | book, education, free speech, politics
June 4, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver “I am a tenured high school social studies teacher and also a reserve deputy sheriff. For years I’ve shown students YouTube and training videos of law enforcement encounters that led to violence and shootings. We analyze how they could...
by Dennis Beaver | auto insurance, auto repair, insurance, insurance claim
June 1, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver If your auto insurance is with State Farm, today’s story will both make you angry and chuckle at the same time. As you will see, the way in which a State Farm claims adjuster treated 21-year-old Allison Ashbrook of St. Louis, Missouri —...
by Dennis Beaver | education, employment, parenting
May 14, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver Today’s story will be of special interest to parents – or couples looking forward to starting a family – where both want to continue working. Anyone who is in that situation now, or in the past, knows just how much of a juggling act it...
by Dennis Beaver | business, complaint, consumer, property damage
May 11, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver We have all seen the modern version of county fair hawkers on the various home shopping channels. Southern California resident Julia Ortiz was watching Shop HQ in March of this year and saw an item, “That seemed ideal for my 75 year-old...
by Dennis Beaver | auto repair, business, scam, travel
May 4, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver “I run a photography business with my wife and adult son, travelling around the country taking photos of school kids and teachers for yearbooks. We are considering the purchase of a large motor home where we can live and have a set up to...
by Dennis Beaver | business, employment, leadership
April 23, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver “Office politics,” says Boston-based Karen Dillon, “is impossible to avoid. But it is manageable if you know what not to do. As author of the Harvard Business Review Guide to Office Politics, Dillon provides a wealth of accessible,...
by Dennis Beaver | business, leadership
April 21, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver “I am manager of the Trust Department in a branch of a small, Midwest bank. Our newly appointed Regional Manager has changed the bank’s money-management strategy, getting clients into vehicles which generate large fees for the bank at...
by Dennis Beaver | business, medicine, scam
April 20, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver I am the CEO of a service of process and investigation firm in the South and would appreciate your guidance with a frustrating problem. “Process servers and investigators have sedentary jobs. We sit a lot, waiting for someone to...
by Dennis Beaver | advertising, parenting
April 13, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver “My 16 year-old-daughter announced that she and a friend are in the process of becoming internet influencers. They have been in discussions with a small, local company that manufactures specialty dog and cat food – that we have been...
