New Orleans Talking to Professor Adam Seth Levine of Cornell University on Wade’s World about his new book, American Insecurity: Why Our Economic Fears Lead to Inaction, about how our political and organizational communication can subvert our own message or “self-undermining rhetoric” in his words, I asked him for his opinion about how the Administration “sold” …
Month: March 2015
Tough Problems on Overtime for Salaried Workers
New Orleans The Department of Labor has overshot its goal of writing new regulations on overtime rules for salaried workers by about six months. Sometimes the issue is foot dragging, but this time it may be simply the fact that it is a very, very difficult issue to handle. Keep in mind that hourly workers …
Sorting Out the Issues, Interests, and Impact of the Clinton Foundation
New Orleans The donors and activity of the now named Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton Foundation are becoming a front page political issue that increasingly seems like to roil the coming Presidential campaigns. From what we know now, including recent reports from the Wall Street Journal, it seems possible to make an early assessment on …