Million Dollar Arms December 15, 2008 Washington Bruce Reed, the former Clintonian policy advisor, managed to discover a fascinating story of two Indian cricket players having their own real life Slumdog adventure as rookie tryouts with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Enjoy.The Mound Is Flat India’s first two professional baseball players make a passage to Pennsylvania. By …
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Slumdog Millionaire
Slumdog Millionaire December 14, 2008 New Orleans A gang of us journeyed down to Canal Street to see Slumdog Millionaire, the Danny Boyle film (Trainspotting) set in Mumbai and elsewhere in India. Bottom line, we all enjoyed it marvelously as wonderful entertainment. Perhaps for different reasons, we might recommend it. Many of the scenes were filmed …
Ron Carey and Teamster Reform
Ron Carey and Teamster Reform New Orleans Steve Greenhouse, the Times labor reporter, wrote the obituary for Ron Carey’s passing at 72. According to Greenhouse, the news of Carey’s death had perhaps predictably come not from the Teamsters union that he headed for a while, but from Ken Paff, the longtime director of the …