: About Me

Hello, thank you for stopping by!

I live in England, where the summers are short and friends are many. Since we are at the stage in life when our 2 grown-up children have left home, my wife and I enjoy our own space again. We love our children to bits, and are very proud of the way they are dealing with adulthood. Parenting is an awesome responsibility, and a wonderful privilege.

I tune pianos for a living, play piano in a Jazz Band, read when I can, love people, languages, and take an interest health issues. I don't get much of an opportunity to speak it, but I read as much French as I can, listen to French radio, and would love to visit France much more than I do. I am something of a Francophile. I love writing too, and am enjoying my experience here at Helium. The rating system is a great way to have one's writing evaluated objectively. 

I believe that life gets better and far more interesting the older one gets. There is something to learn every day. Life is the arena God had chosen for us to learn. It is a precious thing, worthy of every ounce of gratitude we can muster.

I hope you will take the time to read some of my articles, and trust you will find them interesting and helpful.

Many thanks,

Steve.

My passion is ...

Language, music and the search for truth.

My parents always told me ...

Patience is a virtue.

Why I write ...

Writing is a thinker's way of sharing.

My best moment ...

The now.

Business > Management Ethics Should bonuses be paid to executives in bankrupt companies?

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Executives of bankrupt companies should not be paid any bonus. If they have been on a 5 or 6 figure salary, they already have a very comfortable lifestyle. If, on their watch, the company goes through hard times, they should be willing to take a pay cut in order to support the workers whose share in the company's profits are so much smaller than their own. How an individual in the company is treated when he makes a mistake depends on how far up the pay-grade ladder he is. If he is on the bottom rung of the ladder, he will likely lose his job. In stark contrast, if the guilty party is a top...

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