Working Life

That some hard-line conservatives have no shame or sense of decency was underscored yesterday via words from the mouth of Senator Tom Coburn, who hails from the great state of Oklahoma. Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Coburn said, referring to the president, “I believe he should have a request for the American people […]

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Here’s an item that might escape peoples’ notice because it was buried deep inside The New York Times and probably will not get covered by the rest of the MSM: French Activist Denied Entry to United States, Cornell Says By JENNIFER 8. LEE A leading French antiglobalism activist, scheduled to speak at a conference co-sponsored […]

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I’ve been pointing out here for the past few weeks–and this has been a topic discussed on other blogs that deal regularly with politics–how truly weak the Democratic party is. You could not have a more ripe environment to take back the government from the Republicans: Iraq, massive deficits, corruption, Katrina and, of course, stagnant […]

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The title “Bully of Bentonville” is not my creation (I prefer Beast, as readers know) but the title of a new book by Business Week writer Anthony Bianco (who I knew back in the day when I toiled at the magazine in the 1980s). The magazine carries an excerpt in its current issue (subscripton required) […]

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A few days ago, I spotlighted Ira Rennert’s shenanigans: playing around in his $185 million estate while his bankrupt company leaves 2,000 steelworkers without a pension. Over the weekend, there was more to report (from The New York Times): U.S. Moves to Seize Bankrupt Steel Maker’s Pension Plan By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH The federal government […]

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To be honest, I have no rooting interest in this game and I only watch because of the party that happens each year with a pile of folks. From my point of view, the whole football season is just filler time until pitchers and catchers report and a real sport gets back in motion.

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Well, there’s a lot of ink today about the drop in the unemployment rate: down to 4.7 percent, the lowest number in four years. And, according to the reports, the number of people who have been unemployed for a long-time (and those who dropped out of the job market) has come down, too. But, before […]

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Not a bad spread: 29 bedrooms, 39 bathrooms, a 164-seat theater, two bowling alleys, a restaurant-size kitchen, a 2.5 million-B.T.U. furnace, and a parking garage that could hold 200 cars. That’s for one person: Ira Rennert. But, Rennert may have to give up his palace in the Hamptons, as Mary Williams Walsh reports in today’s […]

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There’s been a lot of analysis of the state of the union show (I don’t call it an “address” because it really is just show business). As I see it, the Democrats are blowing it again. And it’s not just because of incompetence or the lack of a spine (though, yes, those are annoying qualities). […]

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I know everyone is going to focus on the president’s whoppers on Iraq (and I am right with you that the pro-war faction in the country, including too many Democrats, remains dangerously out of touch) but here’s one that is getting virtually no comment: his call to meet competition from China and India by increasing […]

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