From Bob's Cluttered Desk

You know, “fighting for the people” should mean protecting them on the job. But it doesn’t always work out that way. Sometimes you need to know the nuanced requirements of the fight. The campaign of U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the newly enthroned socialist darling of the left and delightfully ignorant foil of the right, has been fined…

I am supposed to be at CES in Las Vegas this week. Colloquially known as the “Consumer Electronics Show,” CES is the largest technology exposition and conference in the world. Last year 189,000 people swarmed sessions and exhibits in 11 Las Vegas locations to catch a glimpse of the technology that will change our lives…

Workplace violence is on the rise and is an increasing concern for employers. In an unusual case in Florida (of course), police have potentially stopped what could have been an incident of workplace violence that may have resulted in many casualties.  Or they just nabbed a whack-job that could have randomly gone off anywhere or…

It is time to review the accuracies of last year’s annual (or occasionally semi-annual) predictions for the future. As per usual, I did not get many things right, but I see no reason for that to discourage me from trying it again. I published my “Top Ten” predictions for 2018 on January 10, 2018. I feel compelled…

One topic in Nancy Grover’s inaugural “5 Things You Need to Know” segment on this website this morning really caught my eye. She writes about the just released Bureau of Labor Statistics report outlining workplace deaths for the year 2017. She reports that there was a 25% increase in “unintentional workplace overdose deaths” that year.…

It is one of the least considered factors in any political campaign; at least when it comes to the average voter in any given state. As citizens turn out to the polls to elect their next governor, they are not just selecting a “one man or woman” band. They are choosing a new administration, with…

Truth be told, our recap of the weird this week has nothing to do with the holidays, but since I likely won’t be posting anything next week, I had to make something sound festive. Might as well be the title. This was another banner week for the wacky and absurd. We had a Chinese man…

Today is a day that not many people get the opportunity to see. It is my father’s 99th birthday, and statistically it is not a common event. In our family, however, there is precedent. We are blessed with good genes, with grandparents who lived into their 90’s on both sides of the family. My father’s father…

I had a strange feeling going in. Something wasn’t quite right; everything to this point had gone too smoothly.  I just knew it was too good to be true. The set up for the latest Hot Seat Webinar, entitled “The Faces of Kids’ Chance: A Life Changing Organization” had gone smoothly enough. The guests had readily…

Since one of the topics covered in this blog is technology in the workers’ compensation industry, I have been granted a press pass at the CES2019 in Las Vegas next month. CES, colloquially known as the Consumer Electronics Show, is the largest technology-based conference and exhibit in the world. Last year it was attended by…