Newt Gingrich is notorious for his “futurist” idea that the best way to destroy public school physical plant and janitorial service unions is to employ their children instead for well below minimum wage. Gingrich...
The Ghost of Christmas Future – It’s the year 2022. December 23rd. Your holiday shopping deadline is as near as it can get, and you still haven’t purchased a work-related gift for that Junior Assistant School...
“You’re going to see from me extraordinarily radical proposals to fundamentally change the culture of poverty in America,” Newt Gingrich speaking at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, last Friday, November 19, 2011. Yes,...
Here’s why the referendum, initiative, and recall exist. Even when the votes go against one’s hopes or interests, they at least allow for a definitive democracy to occasionally be exercised and heard, loud and clear. It’s true,...
We’re only down by 1 Senator! Two of six intransigent Wisconsin GOP state senators were recalled successfully, creating a 17 Republican to 16 Democrat Senate. Note that I didn’t write, “Only two of six intransigent...
NOT A CHANCE FOR THE GIRLS Such Appears to Be the Evidence of Conditions Surrounding the New York Fire DOORS SWUNG INWARD AND ESCAPES BLOCKED Greater Number of the Employes Were Unable to Speak...
“I would rather tell seven lies than make one explanation.”Mark Twain – Letter to John Bellows, 11 April 1883 Who Knew? For three days, a no holds barred anti-public sector union t.v. spot created...
Just a few hours ago on March 9th, the Wisconsin State Senate, using GOP shock tactics, and brooking no interruptions, speedily passed a proposal to severely limit the collective bargaining rights of most Wisconsin...
“I’m not going to be intimidated, particularly by people from other places.” NYT Interview, February, 19, 2011 “. . . there’s a much smaller group of protesters—almost all of whom are in from other...
This post will revisit a topic that Christophe Cerniou discussed in his Guest Post of February 28, 2009: the French experience of this continuing “Decession”(TM) (my term for the present economic situation – a...
