With iPods becoming ubiquitous, I’m sure I’m not the only one who feels like they are listening to more music in general.  A favorite song of mine is "So Much to Say" by the Dave Matthews Band song.  (Don’t try reading too much into the lyrics — there isn’t much there.)  But this week, "So Much to Say" seems an appropriate label for all the great articles relating to labor & employment law.  There’s "Too Much" to write about individually, but here are a few of the posts that warrant a mention for one reason or another.  

• Kris Dunn, over at HR Capitalist, has a thought provoking post this morning about whether the paying of staff by Jay Leno is a good or bad thing for the union in the writers strike. The comments, including by yours truly, show that this is no ordinary strike. 
• George Lenard, over at George’s Employment Blawg, has a great post today about asking whether today’s job applicants are dumber.  He reports that "A recent press release from Wonderlic, Inc., reporting on a new study of company data, says applicants today aren’t as smart (lower cognitive ability) as similarly-educated applicants of yesteryear."
• Paul Secunda, at the Workplace Prof blog posted a thorough analysis of the transcript of the oral argument in the Supreme Court case yesterday (you can find the transcript here). In that ADEA case, one of the issues presented is whether a plaintiff-employee can present evidence of other employees who also claim that they were discriminated against.  It remains to be seen where this case will come out.

  Ultimately, Paul concludes:

I see this case coming out 5-4 in favor of Sprint. A majority opinion by Justice Scalia (joined by Kennedy, Alito, Thomas, and Roberts) saying that the district court should be deferred to in admitting evidence absent an abuse of discretion. Look for the court to also point out that allowing this evidence in would lead to mini-trials on other supervisor statements and so in most cases, this evidence is appropriately excludable under Rule 403. Justice Scalia may also try to get in that he thinks this case rises and falls on Rule 401, but I don’t think he has a majority on that point.

• Michelle Golden, at Golden Practices, had a good post last week about the do’s and don’ts of interviewing from a legal and HR perspective. She cites to another online article and says, "I like the fact that the authors encourage getting past the presumed cause questions (not allowed) and takes the interviewer to the real reasons one is asking the questions."  Its a good reminder that even simple questions can get employers into trouble.  
• My post last week about whether the mere presence of pornography in the workplace was sufficient to state a claim of harassment has provoked some posts in the blogosphere — some serious, some humorous — that are all worth reading. Check out the posts at the Ohio Employer’s Law Blog, Pennsylvania Employment Law Blog, and HR Capitalist. 
• And lastly, consistent with the music theme, Mark Toth at the Manpower Employment Blawg, has a post about the Best Songs about Work.  The Business Opportunities blog picks up on this theme as well here.