New Orleans President Obama has now touched down in Mumbai. Reportedly he is being accompanied by over a hundred American business folks. The noon time arrival of Air Force One and all of these corporate jets from General Electric, Pepsico, and others, must have just about darkened the sky. I hope his staff lets him …
Month: November 2010
Darrell “McCarthy” Issa and the Non-Profit Purge
New Orleans Darrell Issa, the emerging Chair of the House Investigations Committee was interviewed the day after the election about how he saw his “work” shaping up. It was a little late for Halloween, but it was scarier than the worst fright movie. Some commentators took Issa’s remarks as conciliatory, which must be the result …
Post Mortem: Labor Back to the Board
New Orleans The Republicans are clear that unions have a target on their backs. Labor law reform was never alive, especially not carrying the weight of “card check” recognition or mandatory first contract arbitration, and is now relegated to the dreamscape. They promise worse to come, and they have the votes to do it. Not …