Working Life

Now, you’all now that football is not my sport (thank god catchers and pitchers are getting back into action…sports begins with the crack of the bat). So, with that in mind: COLTS DEFEAT BEARS: 37-17 This is all dependent on the Colts stopping the Bears’ running game–and making Grossman throw the ball. Plus, I like […]

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This is worth a chuckle. Today’s article in The New York Times on the clear threat of global warming as two paragraphs that are quite amusing and jarring. First…: At the same time, Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman rejected the idea of unilateral limits on emissions. “We are a small contributor to the overall, when […]

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The New York Times editorial writers will never get it when it comes to trade (I’m not even going to mention how wrong Tom Friedman is on this issue…I’ve flogged his nonsense enough so I’ll pass today). Today, the Times has a lead editorial entitled “A Bipartisan Trade Policy.” Ah, yes, I knew it was […]

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Molly Ivins died yesterday. I’m not sure I can say anything original about what a terrible loss this is (here’s the AP story). Her loss is so big, in large part, because she exposed, with her regular writing, how weak and subservient the mainstream media is. Ivins told the truth, and with humor. Here’s a […]

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If you needed a quick primer on the downsides of “fast track”–that would be the legislation that allows the executive branch to negotiate trade agreements and, then, submit the deals to the Congress, which can only vote up or down on the whole package…meaning no amendments–this testimony is worth reading.

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Why not call the president’s bluff on his escalation plan and continued funding for the war–using the very principle the Democrats declared would be a rock-solid commitment for all new spending? Pay as you go or, in Beltway lingo, “pay-go.” Personally, I do not support the obsession with the deficit as a short-term emergency. BUT, […]

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Bob Herbert has a good column today in the protest against the escalation and continued occupation of Iraq. The column is behind the Times’ Selection subscription. Here’s a snippet: But the thought that kept returning as I watched the earnestly smiling faces, so many of them no longer young, was the way these protesters had […]

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I think this has been commented on here and there but it’s worth amplifying. The mainstream media is already beginning to play its role: deciding who is a “credible” candidate in the 2008 races and who is not. The coverage for some candidates is far more prominent than others–almost regardless of their positions. I’ll actually […]

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Right after the election, I pointed out that the 2006 elections may have signaled the beginning of the end for so-called “free trade.” Roll Call, the Capitol Hill newspaper, had a story a few days ago that described how some of the battles are starting to shape up. It’s subscription only but here are a […]

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Most of you know that Wal-Mart had ripped off thousands of workers, failing to pay overtime pay. So, the Beast of Bentonville has made a deal: $33 million to pay back tens of thousands of workers for wages that should have been over the past five years. Wal-Mart Watch has a compilation of the media […]

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