Working Life

  Let’s see. You’re an editorial board member of the vaunted New York Times. You get paid a lot. Is there at least an expectation that you get your facts right? I know–rhetorical question. It happens every day but sometimes there are just whoppers that need correcting–because they do make a difference. In today’s editorial […]

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   I have a good friend who is always sputtering about "how terrible our educational system is because how can people think this?", whatever the preposterous "this" of the moment is. But, I see it differently. Sure, the stupid, mindless invective streaming from FOX News and much of the traditional press is central to framing […]

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   A few days ago, I took part in a meeting organized by the AFL-CIO to launch a new publication called "Exiting From The Crisis"–a roadmap for a new global economy. The main speaker at the small meeting was Joseph Stiglitz. He outlined some great points and realities about the economic crisis with the bottom […]

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   Three trillion dollars. Think about all the state budgets that could be helped with that money. The teachers, firemen, police officers whose jobs could be preserved. The millions of people we could put back to work during the greatest economic crisis we have faced in generations. Not to mention the lives that could be […]

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   Tax Day is approaching. I did a little exercise, thanks to National Priorities Project, about what we could do with the money spent on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. It’s worth thinking about since there is more money about to be wasted on the Afghanistan quagmire.    I chose New York. According to the […]

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Hey Iraq, What’s up? It’s me, America. I’m sorry I didn’t really plan anything for our five-year anniversary Wednesday. You know I was never good with dates, or making plans, or remembering anything, especially when it comes to your needs. I mean I could barely keep your family members straight, you know like your Shia/ […]

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Hey Iraq, What’s up? It’s me, America. I’m sorry I didn’t really plan anything for our five-year anniversary Wednesday. You know I was never good with dates, or making plans, or remembering anything, especially when it comes to your needs. I mean I could barely keep your family members straight, you know like your Shia/ […]

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