When you search for an apartment background check, what you really want to be doing is finding out who you will be dealing with, and if they have ever had issues with tenants, or the law. Today, you can practically be rest assured that a landlord will be running a background check on you to [...]
Is Big Brother’s Surveillance a Precaution or Spying
A government agency spying…that sounds like the stuff of an intriguing espionage novel. It’s also something that’s an aspect of daily business in governments. However, covert government operations and their activities are not something the general public is privy to; unless it’s a good day for Wikileaks. But before I get carried away in the [...]
Prepare For Your Pre-Employment Screening
I’ve written a lot about employers protecting themselves (and their employees) by doing background checks, and I recently saw an interesting article in the Los Angeles Times about how to prepare for it. First of all, it’s a foregone conclusion anymore that a potential employer is going to do a background check on you. As [...]
Relevant Online Dating Safety Tips That Are 10 Years Old
I recently came across an article online posted by John M. Grohol, Psy.D., in 2003. Yep, nearly 10 years ago. It’s amazing that in that nearly decade’s-worth of time, while technology has changed and advanced, simple caution and common sense is still a major part of the safe online dating equation. Yes, I say amazing [...]
Marijuana and Criminal Background Checks in New Mexico
New Mexico is paving the way for pot smokers everywhere. That makes for an amusing headline; Marijuana Now Legal In New Mexico. However, the state has a long history of medicinal use of cannabis and this is really nothing new. It just means the roadblocks and hassles faced by the producer, doctor, and patient are [...]
Gun Control Is Not The Real Problem
When I read through the news every day, I’m sometimes amazed with the volume of issues that are facing society; that make our world more complex by the minute. The actions of someone gone crazy with a gun, set off a string of new issues to be addressed, but they are usually ones that have [...]







