{"headlines":[{"id":1414374,"content_type":"free full","is_magazine_content":"non-magazine","url":"\/2015\/11\/07\/james-bond-spectre-movie-review\/","title":"A James Bond Fanboy\u0027s \u0027Spectre\u0027 review","content":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen Sony Pictures employees booted up their computers a year ago, scowling skulls and the audio-recorded \u003Cem\u003Eratatatat\u003C\/em\u003E of submachine gun fire announced that their IT systems had been gutted. So unfolded the movie studio\u2019s colossal hacking. (Read \u003Cem\u003EFortune\u2019s\u003C\/em\u003E epic three-part investigation into that fiasco \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/fortune.com\/sony-hack-part-1\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/fortune.com\/sony-hack-part-two\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/fortune.com\/sony-hack-final-part\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen the screen lit up inside the seventh floor theater of Sony\u2019s \u003Cspan class=\u0022tickershortcode quotecard_hook unprocessed neutral\u0022 data-symbol=\u0022SNE\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\u003Cspan class=\u0022wrapper trend-wrapper\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\u003Ca class=\u0022exit_trigger_set\u0022 href=\u0022\/company\/sne\/\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cspan class=\u0022ticker\u0022\u003ESNE\u003C\/span\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cspan class=\u0022change percent\u0022\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\u003C\/a\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\u003C\/span\u003E\n\t\t\t\u003C\/span\u003E New York headquarters on Wednesday night for an advance viewing of the latest James Bond adventure, the scene revealed a skeleton-scattered landscape\u2014a raucous \u003Cem\u003ED\u00eda de Muertos\u003C\/em\u003E fiesta in Mexico City\u2014followed, eventually, by the \u003Cem\u003Epewpewpew\u003C\/em\u003E of an assassin\u2019s semi-automatic rifle. So opened Sony-made \u003Cem\u003ESpectre\u003C\/em\u003E, the twenty-fourth installment of the secret agent series.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPerhaps one would be mistaken to read too much into the coincidental display of bones and bullets in Sony\u2019s digital ransacking and the Bond movie\u2019s prelude. Hackers had \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/defamer.gawker.com\/new-bond-script-leaks-execs-scrambling-to-fix-awful-en-1670479885\u0022\u003Eleaked a version of the script\u003C\/a\u003E already containing these plot points in the course of their vandalism. So the stagecraft might just be a harmonious accident.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe film does grapple, however, with questions of cybersecurity, data privacy, and government authority. One would not be mistaken then, in reading the story as a serendipitous commentary on very real legislative initiatives under review in the United Kingdom at this very moment. A draft bill wending its way through the parliament, for instance, proposes to grant intelligence agencies and law enforcement officials \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-34713435\u0022\u003Esweeping surveillance powers within the country\u003C\/a\u003E. To anyone who sees the film, this may sound familiar.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERest assured, I won\u2019t spoil what happens in the spy\u2019s fictional universe, but I will reiterate the exasperated advice of many a cybersecurity expert: Building backdoors into people\u2019s private communications is a bad practice. Villains will find ways to exploit this access just as much as the supposed good guys can. (Side note: if you\u2019re looking to read more on proposed cybersecurity laws, keep an eye out for the next issue of \u003Cem\u003EFortune\u003C\/em\u003E magazine, where I plan to have the download on a U.S. cybersecurity bill called CISA that recently passed in the Senate.)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo return to \u003Cem\u003ESpectre\u003C\/em\u003E, the film is exceptionally entertaining, though the plot leaves something to be desired. The story often feels disjointed\u2014leaping from country to country on a dizzying world tour. An attempt on the part of the screenwriters to tie the narrative strings together on the Daniel Craig-acted Bond series resembles a knotty threadbare tangle. But the glamorous aspects of \u201c007\u201d espionage are as enthralling as ever\u2014the car chases, the helicopter fights, the explosions, the seduction, and yes, the martinis.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMy review can be summarized thusly: I was shaken, not stirred. (At least in comparison to \u003Cem\u003ESkyfall.\u003C\/em\u003E)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis article first appeared in the daily Fortune newsletter Data Sheet. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/fortune.com\/getdatasheet\/\u0022\u003ESubscribe here\u003C\/a\u003E for your daily dose. \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFor more on Sony\u0026#8217;s epic cyber walloping, watch the video below.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022video-wrapper\u0022  data-ratio=\u00220.56363636363636\u0022 data-pos=\u00221\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\u003Cobject id=\u0022bc-video-4320040705001-1\u0022 class=\u0022BrightcoveExperience\u0022\u003E\u003Cparam name=\u0022bgcolor\u0022 value=\u0022#FFFFFF\u0022\/\u003E\u003Cparam name=\u0022width\u0022 value=\u0022550\u0022\/\u003E\u003Cparam name=\u0022height\u0022 value=\u0022310\u0022\/\u003E\u003Cparam name=\u0022playerID\u0022 value=\u00223160175193001\u0022\/\u003E\u003Cparam name=\u0022playerKey\u0022 value=\u0022AQ~~,AAAB668kGak~,LMlvL4u4ShOTHD9z00VquajMOcH97tcW\u0022\/\u003E\u003Cparam name=\u0022isVid\u0022 value=\u0022true\u0022\/\u003E\u003Cparam name=\u0022isUI\u0022 value=\u0022true\u0022\/\u003E\u003Cparam name=\u0022videoSmoothing\u0022 value=\u0022true\u0022\/\u003E\u003Cparam name=\u0022seamlessTabbing\u0022 value=\u0022false\u0022\/\u003E\u003Cparam name=\u0022swliveconnect\u0022 value=\u0022true\u0022\/\u003E\u003Cparam name=\u0022dynamicStreaming\u0022 value=\u0022true\u0022\/\u003E\u003Cparam name=\u0022autoStart\u0022 value=\u0022false\u0022\/\u003E\u003Cparam name=\u0022@videoPlayer\u0022 value=\u00224320040705001\u0022\/\u003E\u003Cparam name=\u0022linkBaseURL\u0022 value=\u0022http:\/\/for.tn\/1OvFjY6\u0022\/\u003E\u003Cparam name=\u0022includeAPI\u0022 value=\u0022true\u0022\/\u003E\u003Cparam name=\u0022templateLoadHandler\u0022 value=\u0022Fortune_onTemplateLoad\u0022\/\u003E\u003Cparam name=\u0022templateReadyHandler\u0022 value=\u0022Fortune_onTemplateReady\u0022\/\u003E\u003Cparam name=\u0022wmode\u0022 value=\u0022opaque\u0022\/\u003E\u003Cparam name=\u0022adServerURL\u0022 value=\u0022http:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ads?env=vp\u0026#038;gdfp_req=1\u0026#038;impl=s\u0026#038;output=xml_vast2\u0026#038;iu=\/8484\/fort\/video_bc\/features_bc\u0026#038;sz=1000x1\u0026#038;cust_params=tags%3Damypascal%2Cattack%2Ccyber%2Ccyberattack%2Chack%2Chackers%2Ckazuohirai%2Cmichaellynton%2Csony%2Csonyhacks%2Csonypictures%26ch%3Dfeatures%26topic%3Dsony\u0026#038;unviewed_position_start=1\u0026#038;correlator=timestamp\u0022\/\u003E\u003C\/object\u003E\n\t\t\t\u003C\/div\u003E\n\t\t\t\u003Cscript type=\u0022text\/javascript\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\tbrightcove.createExperiences();\n\t\t\t\u003C\/script\u003E\n","time":{"pretty":"November 7, 2015","published":"2015-11-07 01:26:06","updated":"2015-11-07 01:26:06","minute":"1:26 PM EST","is_same_day":true,"is_home_pop":true},"comment_url":"http:\/\/fortune.com\/2015\/11\/07\/james-bond-spectre-movie-review\/","absolute_url":"http:\/\/fortune.com\/2015\/11\/07\/james-bond-spectre-movie-review\/","redirect_url":"","partner":"","outbrain_url":"http:\/\/fortune.com\/2015\/11\/07\/james-bond-spectre-movie-review\/","outbrain_footer":true,"outbrain_right_rail":true,"short_title":"A James Bond Fanboy\u0027s \u0027Spectre\u0027 Review"},{"id":1412145,"content_type":"free full","is_magazine_content":"non-magazine","url":"\/2015\/11\/07\/presidential-candidates-snl\/","title":"8 Presidential Candidates Who\u0027ve Gone on Saturday Night Live","content":"\u003Cp\u003EThis weekend, Donald Trump will try to make America laugh . . . with him.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe billionaire businessman turned politician is hosting \u003Cem\u003ESaturday Night Live\u003C\/em\u003E, the late-night comedy institution that has welcomed countless politicians onstage in its 40-year history. Trump himself previously hosted the show in 2004, back when he was a reality television star on \u003Cem\u003EThe Celebrity Apprentice\u003C\/em\u003E (which also aired on NBC, the network home of \u003Cem\u003ESNL\u003C\/em\u003E).\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENot surprisingly, Trump\u2019s hosting gig comes with its \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/fortune.com\/2015\/10\/31\/donald-trump-hosting-snl-u-s-politics\/\u0022\u003Efair share of controversy\u003C\/a\u003E, including angering a number of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/2015\/11\/05\/civil-rights-petition-prods-snl-scrap-trump\/75257574\/\u0022\u003ELatino groups and civil rights activists who are protesting\u003C\/a\u003E what they view as NBC\u0026#8217;s tacit endorsement of a candidate who\u2019s frequently disparaged Mexicans since the start of his campaign and has often questioned President Barack Obama\u0026#8217;s birthplace.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENBC \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/fortune.com\/2015\/08\/13\/nbc-donald-trump-celebrity-apprentice\/\u0022\u003Epreviously tried to distance itself from Trump\u003C\/a\u003E following his disparaging comments, but the network seems to have moved on at this point, with Trump now a welcome guest on \u003Cem\u003ESNL\u003C\/em\u003E after previously yukking it up on Jimmy Fallon\u0026#8217;s \u003Cem\u003ETonight Show\u003C\/em\u003E in September. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/fortune.com\/2015\/09\/12\/donald-trump-fallon-late-night\/\u0022\u003EThe \u003Cem\u003ETonight Show\u003C\/em\u003E appearance\u003C\/a\u003E was a huge ratings win for NBC and the network presumably saw further potential for a huge viewer turnout by giving Trump 90 late-night minutes with which to work a few months before the Iowa caucuses.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor Trump, the appearance is an opportunity to show voters he\u2019s down to earth enough to take a joke. That\u0026#8217;s always been the primary reason so many politicians find themselves onstage at \u003Cem\u003ESNL\u0026#8217;s\u003C\/em\u003E Studio 8H\u2014along with the extra television exposure, of course.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the past, presidential candidates have popped up on \u003Cem\u003ESNL\u003C\/em\u003E in brief, surprise cameos\u2014long enough to get in a few good gags, sometimes while interacting with their own impersonator, but not so long as to risk overexposing, or even embarrassing, themselves.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut the precedent for a presidential candidate actually hosting \u003Cem\u003ESNL\u003C\/em\u003E is extremely small and mostly limited to candidates who trailed heavily in the polls before ultimately ducking out of the race without their party\u0026#8217;s nomination.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHere are eight times when a presidential candidate appeared on NBC\u0026#8217;s \u003Cem\u003ESaturday Night Live\u003C\/em\u003E:\u003C\/p\u003E\n","time":{"pretty":"November 7, 2015","published":"2015-11-07 01:00:13","updated":"2015-11-07 01:00:13","minute":"1:00 PM EST","is_same_day":true,"is_home_pop":true},"comment_url":"http:\/\/fortune.com\/2015\/11\/07\/presidential-candidates-snl\/","absolute_url":"http:\/\/fortune.com\/2015\/11\/07\/presidential-candidates-snl\/","redirect_url":"","partner":"","outbrain_url":"http:\/\/fortune.com\/2015\/11\/07\/presidential-candidates-snl\/","outbrain_footer":true,"outbrain_right_rail":true,"short_title":"8 Presidential Candidates Who\u0027ve Gone on Saturday Night Live"},{"id":1410101,"content_type":"free full","is_magazine_content":"non-magazine","url":"\/2015\/11\/07\/entrepreneurs-business-mistakes\/","title":"Doing This is Sure to Tear Your Business Apart","content":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ci\u003EThe Entrepreneur Insider netwo\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cem\u003Erk is an online community where the most thoughtful and influential people in America\u2019s startup scene contribute answers to timely questions about entrepreneurship and careers. Today\u2019s answer to the question \u201cWhat are some common mistakes young entrepreneurs make?\u201d is written by James Geier, president and cofounder of 555 International.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDo your pushups.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter nearly 30 years as an entrepreneur, this is my best advice to anyone who is called to follow the entrepreneurial path.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENo, I\u2019m not telling you to work out more. Doing your pushups is my shorthand for making sure you are in shape\u2014psychologically, emotionally, and financially\u2014for the hard work of entrepreneurship.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen I started out, entrepreneurship wasn\u2019t \u201ccool.\u201d It was a necessity\u2014for me, anyway\u2014because I wanted to make something that didn\u2019t yet exist. An artist and designer by training, I took the bricks-and-mortar route, founding a manufacturing company from the ground up on the southwest side of Chicago. Here, I learned the real meaning of the word entrepreneur: You are on your own.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENo matter how many mentors, advisors, investors, and partners you gather along the way, you must rely on your own fortitude and willpower, something many entrepreneurs don\u2019t do. Here are some other mistakes you need to avoid if you want to be successful in business:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOnly focusing on money \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMany years ago, when my company was still new, we were approached by A\/X Armani Exchange to help with retail labeling and merchandising products. We made meeting the company\u2019s expectations the priority, and still work with the team 20 years later. Had we focused on the financial projections of that first job alone, we wouldn\u2019t be working with them today.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGetting distracted \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDoing \u201cgut checks\u201d all day allows you to keep track of priorities and hold yourself accountable for how things are going. It\u2019s so easy for entrepreneurs to get distracted. When there\u2019s a question or challenge, customers, suppliers, partners, and employees will turn to you for answers. You can delegate, but your \u201cgut checks\u201d will remind you who is accountable to everyone.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI review my calendar first thing every morning, read over my lists, and set priorities for that day. During the day, I take copious notes as projects are reviewed and new issues arise, and then review and reprioritize at night. Each step is a \u201cgut check\u201d of where we are on a project, proposal, or problem to solve.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIgnoring the process \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIt\u2019s great to push the envelope of what\u2019s possible in design, functionality, efficiency, and so forth. When it comes to business practices and processes, however, conservatism rules.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDo your homework, learn from past mistakes, and get your staff, facilities, and production lined up. Once you have established a foundation of solid, proven practices and processes, you\u2019ll have the time to innovate\u2014well beyond where you were before. Sticking with your process will give you the confidence that you\u2019ve taken the steps required to proactively approach your projects, providing the best solutions for your customers and your business in interesting and even unexpected ways.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESee also: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/fortune.com\/2015\/11\/05\/entrepreneurs-mistakes-silicon-valley\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EEntrepreneurs, Here\u2019s What You Need to Stop Doing\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBiting off more than can be chewed \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWith a proven process, you can take a \u201cbig bite\u201d of new business, but only if you have the capabilities to \u201cchew\u201d it. This is where growth can really accelerate, so long as you take the proper measures to be prepared.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFifteen years ago, my firm worked on the original \u201cPackers Pro Shop\u201d for the Green Bay Packers football team. Then, a couple of years ago, the Packers came back to us with a proposal as part of the renovation of Lambeau Field: Design the space and fixtures within, then produce fixtures, display units, and features for an all-new 25,000-square-foot Packers Pro Shop \u2014more than double the size of the original. Confidence in our process allowed us\u2014a small firm\u2014to take another big bite of brand-name business.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENot being innovative enough \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThere are countless careers easier than being an entrepreneur. With so much time and energy involved, the rewards have to be intrinsic. Make cool stuff. The best reward is stepping back and saying, \u201cYeah, I did that.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEntrepreneurship is hotter than ever these days, but the old-school lessons still apply: You have to be ready for the hard things that take time to manifest. So while you\u2019re revising your business plan and honing your elevator pitch to investors, don\u2019t forget to do your pushups\u2014every day.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EJames Geier is cofounder and president of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.555.com\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E555 International\u003C\/a\u003E, a Chicago-based, award-winning global design, development and fabrication firm. 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entrepreneurs make?\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/fortune.com\/2015\/11\/02\/entrepreneur-startup-business-mistakes\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EYes, it\u2019s Okay to Ask for Help When Starting a Business\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/em\u003Eby Suneera Madhani, founder and CEO of Fattmerchant.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/fortune.com\/2015\/11\/02\/entrepreneurs-mistakes-startups-shark-tank\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EWhy the startup world is nothing like Shark Tank\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E by Joy Randels, CEO of New Market Partners.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/fortune.com\/2015\/10\/30\/entrepreneurs-mistakes-decision-making-business\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EHow slow decision-making can ruin your business\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E by Karl Martin, founder and CTO of Nymi.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/fortune.com\/2015\/10\/29\/entrepreneurs-startups-financial-trouble\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EThis is why so many startups end up in financial trouble\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/em\u003Eby David Smith, founder of Vexti.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/fortune.com\/2015\/10\/27\/common-entrepreneur-mistakes-startups-go-wrong\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EThis is where most startups go wrong\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/em\u003Eby Stephen Lake, CEO of Thalmic Labs.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/fortune.com\/2015\/10\/27\/entrepreneurs-startup-mistakes\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EDoing these 3 things will destroy your startup\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E by Michael Gasiorek, editor-in-chief of Startup Grind.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/fortune.com\/2015\/10\/20\/entrepreneur-success-tips-mistake\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EThe avoidable mistake every entrepreneur makes\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/em\u003Eby Andrew Filev, founder and CEO of Wrike.\u003C\/p\u003E\n","time":{"pretty":"November 7, 2015","published":"2015-11-07 01:00:13","updated":"2015-11-07 01:00:13","minute":"1:00 PM EST","is_same_day":true,"is_home_pop":true},"comment_url":"http:\/\/fortune.com\/2015\/11\/07\/entrepreneurs-business-mistakes\/","absolute_url":"http:\/\/fortune.com\/2015\/11\/07\/entrepreneurs-business-mistakes\/","redirect_url":"","partner":"","outbrain_url":"http:\/\/fortune.com\/2015\/11\/07\/entrepreneurs-business-mistakes\/","outbrain_footer":true,"outbrain_right_rail":true,"short_title":"Doing This is Sure to Tear Your Business Apart"},{"id":1414380,"content_type":"free full","is_magazine_content":"non-magazine","url":"\/2015\/11\/07\/carly-fiorina-collapse\/","title":"Carly Fiorina Surged Then Collapsed. What Happened?","content":"\u003Cp\u003EAn already-turbulent Republican presidential contest seemed poised to fly apart on Friday. Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, now just edging Donald Trump for the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2016\/president\/us\/2016_republican_presidential_nomination-3823.html\u0022\u003Epolling lead\u003C\/a\u003E in the race, melted under the new glare. In the space of a week, he insisted, despite reports suggesting otherwise, that as a kid he had in fact tried to attack his mother with a hammer and stab someone, and that any attempt to deny those stories amounted to a \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2015\/11\/06\/ben_carson_claims_are_absolutely_true_that_as_a_boy_i_attacked_my_mother_with_a_hammer.html\u0022\u003Esmear\u003C\/a\u003E\u201d (huh?); stood by his contention that the Egyptian pyramids were built by the Biblical figure Joseph for grain storage rather than interring pharaohs; and then, Friday, after a bizarrely churlish \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/fortune.com\/2015\/11\/06\/ben-carson-cnn-palin\/\u0022\u003ECNN interview\u003C\/a\u003E, found himself in a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/post-politics\/wp\/2015\/11\/06\/ben-carsons-allies-defend-west-point-story-he-got-an-offer-did-not-apply\/\u0022\u003Efirestorm\u003C\/a\u003E over whether he lied about receiving a scholarship offer from West Point.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt may be that early-state voters are looking for a violent juvenile sociopath who mellowed into an armchair Egyptologist. Or, likelier, a crowded field is growing more unstable as the first events on the primary calendar swing into view.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELost somewhere in the contest\u2019s bulging middle tier is Carly Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO who vaulted into serious contention after a pair of standout debate performances. But she collapsed as quickly as she rose without so much as offering a theory about a treasure map on the back of the Constitution. What happened? One \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/rothenberggonzales.com\/news\/article\/fiorina-has-no-clear-lane-to-gop-nomination\u0022\u003Eexplanation\u003C\/a\u003E, from veteran political handicapper Stu Rothenberg: In a race stratified between the \u201coutsider\u201d and \u201cestablishment\u201d lanes, Fiorina doesn\u2019t quite fit in either. She\u2019s adopted the hot rhetoric of someone tilting against the mainstream order. Yet her CV, the spine of her argument that she\u2019s equipped to shake things up, indicates she\u2019s a product of it. (And she\u2019s no stranger to Washington, having served as an advisor to Sen. John McCain\u2019s 2008 presidential campaign, as a fundraising chair for the Republican National Committee, and on an external advisory board for the CIA, while owning for a time a condo at the Residences at the Ritz-Carlton in the city\u2019s West End.) \u201cShe lacks a message,\u201d Republican pollster Glen Bolger says. \u201cAnd when you say that your strength is running HP, and by all accounts it was not a success, eventually that gets around. Why would Republicans back a candidate who has a glass jaw?\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFiorina has room to recover the ground she\u2019s lost. The latest NBC\/ \u003Ci\u003EWall Street Journal\u003C\/i\u003E poll showed more Republican voters than not said they could see themselves voting for her \u2014 a distinction only four other candidates notched. And she continues to \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/cookpolitical.com\/story\/8989\u0022\u003Eregister\u003C\/a\u003E near the top of the heap in focus groups. That underlying appeal could earn her a second look in a roiling race. Her bid\u2019s fundamental deficiencies suggest she\u2019d struggle to close the sale.\u003C\/p\u003E\n","time":{"pretty":"November 7, 2015","published":"2015-11-07 12:44:54","updated":"2015-11-07 12:44:54","minute":"12:44 PM EST","is_same_day":true,"is_home_pop":true},"comment_url":"http:\/\/fortune.com\/2015\/11\/07\/carly-fiorina-collapse\/","absolute_url":"http:\/\/fortune.com\/2015\/11\/07\/carly-fiorina-collapse\/","redirect_url":"","partner":"","outbrain_url":"http:\/\/fortune.com\/2015\/11\/07\/carly-fiorina-collapse\/","outbrain_footer":true,"outbrain_right_rail":true,"short_title":""},{"id":1412648,"content_type":"free full","is_magazine_content":"non-magazine","url":"\/2015\/11\/07\/truth-about-childless-at-work\/","title":"The Brutal Truth About Being Childless at Work","content":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003EIn 1974, \u003Ci\u003E60 Minutes\u003C\/i\u003E did a segment on people with no children by choice. To the surprise and dismay of those who appeared on it, what aired was a portrayal that was far from positive. After the show, they were ostracized. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003EFortunately, \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s2\u0022\u003Ew\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003Ee have come a long way since then. Since the 1970s, being childfree \u0026#8212; not wanting children \u0026#8212; has slowly become more recognized as a legitimate choice. People don\u2019t have children for other reasons as well. Many people want children and are childless because they are waiting to find the right relationship before having children. Others are in a relationship and childless due to fertility issues. Still others end up with no children after saying no to another round of IVF and adoption. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003EWhether childfree or childless, we still have a ways to go when it comes to society accepting those with no children without judgment or stigma. This lack of acceptance has played out in the workplace.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003EPerceptions of personal time\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003EWhen it comes to work-life balance, the \u201clife\u201d part has often been synonymous with personal time related to parenting. Workplace culture has regarded caring for one\u2019s children as the most valued personal time outside work. Typically, what non-parents do with their personal time has been viewed as not as \u2018important\u2019 as parent time.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003EThere\u2019s also the common assumption that with no kids, people must have a lot of free personal time, and the work-life balance does not really apply to them. As \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/melanienotkin.com\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s3\u0022\u003EMelanie Notkin\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, author of \u003Ci\u003EOtherhood:\u003C\/i\u003E \u003Ci\u003EModern Women Finding a New Kind of Happiness\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s2\u0022\u003E\u003Ci\u003E,\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003E puts it, \u201cIt\u2019s rare that childless workers are thought to have a life outside of work, so \u2018\u003Ci\u003Ewhat\u2019s to balance\u003C\/i\u003E?\u2019 some may think.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003EThese two perceptions create common workplace expectations that non-parent employees can and will pick up the slack for their parent colleagues when asked. And when they do, Karen Malone-Wright, founder of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/notmom.com\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s3\u0022\u003ENot Mom\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E Summit, asks, \u201cWhat do we do when the boss starts to expect the sacrifice of our personal time?\u201d It can create an environment where those with no children feel their employer does not value their personal lives as much as the personal lives of parents.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003ENo kids must mean putting your career first\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003EIn the workplace, people all too often assume women with no children in particular must be putting their careers ahead of having kids. While true for some, this is certainly not true for many women. It is often assumed that a childfree woman must be that ambitious, driven to climb the career ladder woman who says no to motherhood because it will get in the way of her professional goals. The truth is, most childfree women don\u2019t have children because they simply lack the desire to be a parent.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003EFor childless women, it can be maddening to feel seen as career-obsessed when it\u2019s not the case. It can feel frustrating, even hurtful, when others perceive them as having\u003C\/span\u003E \u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003Etime for anything else in their lives, when in reality, now or in the future, childless women may want nothing more than motherhood in their lives.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003EParental leave and flex time policies\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003EFor a long time now, our society has held the assumption that parents and children come first. This has resulted in inequitable policies in the workplace. From leave policies that only apply to birth and adoption to flex time policies that mostly apply to parents, many policies don\u2019t treat employees consistently across the board.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003EAccording \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s5\u0022\u003Eto an email interview with\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003E sociologist \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/umaine.edu\/sociology\/faculty-and-staff\/amy-blackstone\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s3\u0022\u003EAmy Blackstone\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E at the University of Main\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s2\u0022\u003Ee\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003E, for employees with no children \u201cthere\u0026#8217;s very little that protects their time to care for themselves and their families and enjoy work-life balance.\u201d In today\u2019s workplace, employers could do more to show they value all employees, not just those who are parents. Blackstone thinks we don\u2019t see more policies that do this because of a \u201ccultural lag.\u201d Policy makers haven\u0026#8217;t caught up with the reality of the growing numbers of the childless and childfree in workforces, and that these employees want and deserve work-life balance just as parent employees do. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s5\u0022\u003EIn an email interview with\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s6\u0022\u003E Notkin \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s5\u0022\u003Eshe says\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003E, \u201cwe\u2019re playing with a new cast and an old script.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E \u003Cspan class=\u0022s8\u0022\u003EAccording to the \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003ECenters for Disease Control and Prevention\u0026#8217;s 2015 \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/data\/nvsr\/nvsr64\/nvsr64_01.pdf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s3\u0022\u003ENational Vital Statistics Report\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, the average age of first-time mothers is increasing because more women are waiting until their 30s and 40s to start having children. As Notkin puts it, for a woman, \u201cthis means that there is a long stretch of her early career when her life priorities are not considered.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003EThe good news\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003EIn the last decade or so, we have seen signs of progress. Stephanie Deleon, manager of human resource services at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.insperity.com\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s3\u0022\u003EInsperity\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, a national firm that provides human resource and business performance solutions to small and mid-size companies, indicates that paid time off policies are on the rise. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s5\u0022\u003E\u201cWe\u2019ve seen a shift from traditional vacation and sick leave policies to PTO policies,\u201d says Deleon. \u201cAfter the first year of employment more companies are offering full-time employees a set number of days per year that they can use however they see fit.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003ELike PTO, flex-time policies also need to reflect consistent treatment of all employees. Cali Williams Yost, who has advised the United Nations, Microsoft \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022tickershortcode quotecard_hook unprocessed neutral\u0022 data-symbol=\u0022MFST\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\u003Cspan class=\u0022wrapper trend-wrapper\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\u003Ca class=\u0022exit_trigger_set\u0022 href=\u0022\/company\/mfst\/\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cspan class=\u0022ticker\u0022\u003EMFST\u003C\/span\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cspan class=\u0022change percent\u0022\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\u003C\/a\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\u003C\/span\u003E\n\t\t\t\u003C\/span\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003Eand Johnson \u0026amp; Johnson\u003Cspan class=\u0022tickershortcode quotecard_hook unprocessed neutral\u0022 data-symbol=\u0022JNJ\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\u003Cspan class=\u0022wrapper trend-wrapper\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\u003Ca class=\u0022exit_trigger_set\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/fortune.com\/fortune500\/johnson-johnson-37\/\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cspan class=\u0022ticker\u0022\u003EJNJ\u003C\/span\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cspan class=\u0022change percent\u0022\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\u003C\/a\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\u003C\/span\u003E\n\t\t\t\u003C\/span\u003E on \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s9\u0022\u003Eflexible work strategies\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s2\u0022\u003E, \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003Esays flex-time policies should not require asking what the employee is taking the time for; \u201cInstead, employees should focus on, How am I going to get my job done?\u0026#8221; And as \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/chicagotonight.wttw.com\/2015\/10\/12\/anne-marie-slaughter-thinking-differently-about-work-life-balance\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s3\u0022\u003EAnne-Marie Slaughter\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E writes in her new book, \u003Ci\u003EUnfinished Business\u003C\/i\u003E, \u201cThe kind of flexibility we need does not stigmatize or exploit.\u201d \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003EIf we let go of misconceptions about the childless and childfree in the workplace, and if more companies continue to create policies that treat all employees equally regardless of their parental status, it will reflect a growing acceptance of those without children in the workplace.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003ELaura Carroll is the author of \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003EFamilies of Two: Interviews with Happily Married Couples Without Children by Choice\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003E, and \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003EThe Baby Matrix: Why Freeing Our Minds From Outmoded Thinking\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003E about Parenthood \u0026amp; Reproduction Will Create a Better World.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n","time":{"pretty":"November 7, 2015","published":"2015-11-07 11:30:19","updated":"2015-11-07 11:30:19","minute":"11:30 AM EST","is_same_day":true,"is_home_pop":true},"comment_url":"http:\/\/fortune.com\/2015\/11\/07\/truth-about-childless-at-work\/","absolute_url":"http:\/\/fortune.com\/2015\/11\/07\/truth-about-childless-at-work\/","redirect_url":"","partner":"","outbrain_url":"http:\/\/fortune.com\/2015\/11\/07\/truth-about-childless-at-work\/","outbrain_footer":true,"outbrain_right_rail":true,"short_title":"The Brutal Truth About Being Childless at Work"}]}