These days, just about anyone with an Internet connection and
some time on their hands enjoys a wonder of the modern age:
binge-watching. One of the first, and still one of my favorites, is
Netflix's House of Cards. No matter how over-the-top
the plot twists become, no matter how difficult it is to follow the
multilayered schemes and shifting alliances, I can't quit the
drama surrounding the Underwoods and their White House. (It also
helps that I get an added bonus of local color, since Frank
Underwood hails from Gaffney, South Carolina, next door to where I
sit in Spartanburg. One early episode even featured the Gaffney
Peachoid –
Frank Underwood's approach to personnel is ... well,
unsentimental and often brutal. We all know the rule of
at-will employment: Both the employee and the employer may end
their relationship at any time, with or without notice or reason.
Congressman, Vice President, President, and [spoiler
alert!] now Mr. Underwood seems bent on adding a
