Author Archives: Sean Patrick Hazlett

About Sean Patrick Hazlett

Finance executive, engineer, former military officer, and science fiction and horror writer. Editor of the Weird World War III anthology.

Remembering D-Day

Posted on Monday, June 6, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Sixty-seven years ago today, 160,000 Allied troops, supported by 5,000 ships and 13,000 assaulted a 50-mile stretch of heavily fortified French coastline to wrest Continental Europe from the Third Reich. More than 9,000 Allied solders were killed or wounded, but the day ended … Continue reading →

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Posted in Defense, International Security, Media, War | Tagged D-Day, Operation Overlord, Third Reich | Leave a comment

More Kafkaesque Tales About Doing Business in California

Posted on Monday, June 6, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

I have been trying to complete all the required paperwork for my personal LLC to do business in California for the past two months. I still cannot open a bank account here, and likely will not be able to do so … Continue reading →

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Posted in Business, California, Finance and Economics, Food Security, Policy, Politics, Taxes | Tagged California, Food safety, Immigrants, Kafkaesque, Orwellian, Pasteurization, Red tape, The Economist, The White Moustache, Yogurt | 6 Comments

Leverage Your Personal and Professional Networks: Ten Lessons From Four Months of Blogging (Part VII)

Posted on Sunday, June 5, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Another way to generate traffic for your blog (and uncover unanticipated opportunities) is to leverage your personal and professional networks. Spread the Word Throughout Your Network Using Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter, as I have discussed in a prior blog, can be instrumental … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blogging, Business, Education, Mathematics, Media, Predictions, Thurston and Talbot, Writing | Tagged Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Quora, Technorati, The Economist, The New York Times, Thurston and Talbot, Twitter, Vast right wing conspiracy, Yahoo! | Leave a comment

Big Labor Puts Politics Ahead of Jobs

Posted on Saturday, June 4, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Last March, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) filed a complaint against Boeing for its decision to set up a non-unionized production line in South Carolina. The complaint alleges that Boeing is locating a second production line in that state … Continue reading →

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Posted in Business, Finance and Economics, Policy, Politics, Unions | Tagged Boeing, NLRB, Right-to-work laws, Right-to-work states, South Carolina, Unions, Washington | Leave a comment

Bush vs. Obama: Unemployment (May 2011 Jobs Data)

Posted on Friday, June 3, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Update: Click here for the most recent jobs statistics. I posted an article last month that compared the unemployment rate under President George W. Bush with the unemployment rate under President Obama at that time. I felt compelled to publish this article because … Continue reading →

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Posted in Business, Finance and Economics, Media, Policy, Politics | Tagged President Bush, President Obama, Unemployment | 240 Comments

Romney Is Officially In

Posted on Friday, June 3, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Yesterday, Mitt Romney officially declared his candidacy for President of the United States. Because the Republican Party has traditionally supported the candidate it presumes has “paid the most dues”, it is likely that Romney will secure the Republican nomination. On … Continue reading →

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Posted in Business, Healthcare, Media, Policy, Politics | Tagged Decision 2012, Mitt Romney, Republican, Romneycare | 5 Comments

War Experiments Follow-up

Posted on Thursday, June 2, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Nearly two weeks ago, I tried a brief experiment to test Eli Pariser’s contention from his recent book, that Google’s use of 57 signals to personalize someone’s search results leads to a filter bubble. I also promised to include a second post with … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blogging, Business, Media, Politics, War | Tagged Eli Pariser, Experiment, Google, pino, Poison Your Mind, reflectionsephemeral, Tarheel Red, War | 6 Comments

Take Advantage of the News Cycle: Ten Lessons From Four Months of Blogging (Part VI)

Posted on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Understanding the news cycle is critical for any blogger because potential readers are more likely to come to a blogger’s site if it offers content on a hot topic. As such, an important part of your blogging strategy should focus on … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blogging, Business, Education, Mathematics, Media, Predictions, Writing | Tagged Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Quora, Technorati, The Economist, The New York Times, Twitter, Yahoo! | 6 Comments

Political Typology

Posted on Tuesday, May 31, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

I discovered another fun application on the Pew Research Center website last week that is very similar to the Political Compass. The application administers a brief test that asks users a host of political questions. It then classifies them in one of 9 categories. Here are my … Continue reading →

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Posted in Business, Finance and Economics, Media, Policy, Politics | Tagged Democrat, Independent, Libertarian, Pew Research Center, Political compass, Political ideology, Republican | 31 Comments

Remembering Jay on Memorial Day

Posted on Monday, May 30, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

The cross-currents of individual lives can be interesting things. Through time we each follow our own paths. On occasion, these paths intersect unexpectedly with those of greater men and women. During my life, my path crossed several times with one … Continue reading →