| Aug 29, 2011 | Economy / BusinessAh, Labor Day, the holiday when we honor Organized Labor. You know, unions and stuff like that. Yes, there’ll be picnics and speeches detailing the enormous contribution unions make to our nation’s prosperity. Political candidates will extol the virtues of...
| Apr 25, 2011 | Environment / HealthMore than a year after President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law, our nation’s health care delivery and coverage remain the disgrace of the industrialized world. There are more than 50 million uninsured Americans. Even...
| Mar 14, 2011 | Economy / BusinessWisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s autocratic attempt to abrogate the democratic right of public employees to bargain with their governmental bosses is not wearing well with the public. Recent polls show that a mere one-third of Wisconsinites favor his blatantly...
| Feb 28, 2011 | Economy / BusinessWhen the riots in Tunisia began I went out into the streets and shouted, “Today we are all Tunisians.” “Right on,” a middle-aged guy with a Keith Richards face shouted back. When the riots in Egypt started I went out into the streets and...
| Jan 10, 2011 | Economy / BusinessSought a unionTo get some clout;Boss spent thousandsTo keep it out. Back in business school, they taught us that a company’s major costs were land, labor, and capital. There were strategies to minimize each, with labor the most complicated cost to control. That...
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