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This piece originally appeared here in the Troy Messenger. “Young Americans are starting out with more credit-card debt than generations before them,” reports Oyin Adedoyin in The Wall Street Journal. She notes that the “average credit-card balance for 22- to 24-year-olds was $2,834 in the last quarter of 2023, compared with an average inflation-adjusted balance of $2,248 in the same period in…

This piece originally appeared here in The Alabama Political Reporter and here in AL.com. It’s graduation season, yet controversy has overshadowed the end of the academic year at colleges across America. You’ve likely seen troubling images from college campuses where students express anger over the Israel-Hamas conflict, which began when Israel retaliated against a surprise attack by Hamas on…

This piece originally appeared here in the Troy Messenger. Are you a jerk? You probably answered no. Yet you know jerks. When we imagine jerks, it’s usually others we envision, not ourselves. We almost never say, “I’m a jerk.” A jerk, according to Merriam-Webster, is “an unlikable person,” especially “one who is cruel, rude, or small-minded.” Picture the jerks you know. Do you dislike them?…

This post originally appeared here in The Troy Messenger. A recent report by ResumeBuilder.com found that 31% of employers won’t hire Gen Z candidates. Another 30% claimed they fired Gen Z employees who were on the job a month or less. Why is this happening? The proffered reasons are that youth dress inappropriately, communicate poorly, request higher pay than is warranted, and avoid necessary…