Working Life

I know this doesn’t rise to the level of war and peace…but the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum’s Committee for Baseball Veterans announced balloting results Tuesday for its 2007 election of players, managers, executives and umpires. And Marvin Miller did not make the cut. As a life-long baseball fan (and, to be upfront, […]

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Over the course of many months, I’ve pointed out that many countries in Latin and South American are rejecting so-called “free trade” and the neo-liberal model it promotes. The evidence: the election of leaders who can perhaps be broadly defined as “populist” but mainly stand out in their belief that the global economic model promoted […]

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Yesterday, I wrote about doubts international diplomats have about the charges the U.S. is leveling against Iran. The posting yesterday referred to a piece in the Los Angeles Times. Today, The NYTimes mimics the theme. Hey, I’m not complaining–if we can get the mainstream media to not roll over whenever the president makes claims about […]

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This shouldn’t surprise anyone but it’s sad that this story in today’s Los Angeles Times isn’t banner news in every paper: U.N. calls U.S. data on Iran’s nuclear aims unreliable Tips about supposed secret weapons sites and documents with missile designs haven’t panned out, diplomats say. By Bob Drogin and Kim Murphy, Times Staff Writers […]

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Most of the attention on hedge funds has focused on the enormous amount of money the funds control–outside any regulation. But, turns out hedge funds are no different than other employers when it comes to treating their workers. Today’s Wall Street Journal has a story that describes a number of employment lawsuits (surprise, hedge funds […]

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I don’t need to say much more. Check out this website: http://www.bushisover.org/gallery.htm

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Pedro Arenas is not a person that most of the elites in the U.S.—in the mainstream media, inside the Beltway think-tanks, and in elected positions on Congress—would meet in order to understand the real crime of so-called “free trade.” For the elites, so-called “free trade” is an unassailable concept, something that is as natural and […]

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Be careful out there, friends, the bogeyman is lurking: single-payer healthcare. Or so The Wall Street Journal warns its readers today in a piece focused on the inevitable rise in health care costs–inevitable under the dumb system we have today. As pressure grows for the government to pick up more of the nation’s health-care tab, […]

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The government of Colombia is apparently riddled with people tied to the para-military forces and death squads. Or so it appears from the resignation of a top Colombian official: The foreign minister of Colombia resigned Monday as the government of President Álvaro Uribe, the Bush administration’s closest ally in South America, struggled with a scandal […]

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Congressional Quarterly has a story on the Democratic Campaign Congressional Committee’s “Frontline” program: the Democrats who are deemed most vulnerable in 2008 and, thus, get special early attention. I noticed, in particular, that Melissa Bean is on the list. Readers of this blog will note that I am not a fan of Bean since she […]

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