Working Life

   Last night, I appeared on Capital Tonight with Liz Benjamin to speak about the censure vote of Charlie Rangel.  

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    Politics, and the maneuvering in politics that so many of our citizens despise, has a way of muddying the waters and clouding the truth. The combatants in politics, aided by the shallowness of media coverage, engage in tussles that leave the voters scratching their heads. The average, normal person thinks: “Wait, my basic values […]

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   The issue of trade has sort of receded into the background. Yesterday, though, Sen. Sherrod Brown made clear that he is not thrilled with the Administration’s stance: For too long, our country has followed a Golden Rule trade policy: we treat others as we’d like them to treat us.  That’s a great rule for […]

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   A moment to pause to consider this, from Inside U.S. Trade: Business Flags Problem With Strong Support For Michaud Bill U.S. business representatives late last week expressed alarm to outgoing Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Congressional Affairs Daniel Sepulveda about the large number of Democrats that are cosponsoring trade legislation calling for a radical […]

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There is a cruel economic hoax being played on millions of American workers, a hoax that unfortunately is being promoted by too many Democrats. The hoax is this: that workers who lose their jobs to so-called "free trade" can simply be retrained to do something else that will be a good substitute for what they […]

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I was just going to spend a nice Sunday just reading, and not blogging and even avoiding the computer but leave it to The New York Times to mess all that up. As I flipped the page, tucked neatly in the lower part of the next page was an article that warned all those unsuspecting […]

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    We still need to read the fine print regarding the trade deal that was struck yesterday between the Administration and House Democrats (or, to be more precise, Ways and Means Chair Charlie Rangel). But, I’m always struck by the way in which liberals and even a few progressives (note: there is a difference) still […]

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