Working Life

   Words to remember on President’s Day from James Madison: Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes; and armies, and debts, and taxes are the […]

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This is a fact of life: a large number of people in the world enjoy all sorts of luxuries because of the horrendous conditions that tens of millions of workers endure–slave wages, dangerous workplaces and physically-abusive employers. This is a small slice of that fact–and you can do something about it.   The National Labor […]

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   It’s old news by now that the nomination of Craig Becker to be a member of the National Labor Relations Board has been blocked–or, as the British like to say in a more interesting way, scuppered. Understand that Becker actually got 52 votes–FIFTY-TWO–in favor of his appointment. In my long-ago civics class, I was […]

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Among the most troubling retreats, in my view, in the public discourse has been the adoption of the false idea that deep government involvement in the economy is a bad thing. It’s a retreat that too many Democrats have taken part in. The problem is the FACTS say otherwise. And the known left-wing organ, The […]

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   We haven’t checked in with the folks from Bentonville in a bit but Wal-Mart makes the news today: A small group of West African men who came to the Rockies in search of economic opportunity are embroiled in a dispute with Wal-Mart, accusing it of a raft of discriminatory actions. Most say they were […]

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   This got lost in the shuffle last week but is worth highlighting: The legal drama surrounding the controversial takeover of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America, one of the pivotal moments of the financial crisis, took a fresh turn on Thursday as the attorney general of New York leveled civil fraud charges against Kenneth […]

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   There has been a lot of controversy about the pro-life television commercial that Florida quarterback Tim Tebow will appear in during Sunday’s Super Bowl. Here is one Peyton Manning should do–thank to our friends at the National Labor Committee: NFL jerseys have been sewn under illegal sweatshop conditions at the Chi Fung factory in […]

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We are angry, rightly so, about the obscene bonuses and pay given to bankers and the financial mandarins who destroyed the economy. Part of the problem is that the political dialogue–parroted by the traditional media and the political leaders who are bought and paid for by the financial industry– never questions a basic premise: that […]

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   While the pitchforks are aimed at Goldman Sachs and AIG, another player quietly showers its people with cash (via the Financial Times): Lazard broke ranks with its Wall Street rivals on Wednesday by accelerating promised cash payments to staff in the fourth quarter in a move that pushed the 162-year-old investment bank into the […]

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  We are still not being serious about asking people to pay their fair share: Taxes on high-income earners would rise by nearly $1 trillion over the next 10 years, under the budget plan put forward by President Barack Obama on Monday. The bulk of that increase comes as tax cuts enacted under President George […]

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