New Orleans I hate to write about contemporary sports, because for readers and listeners around the world it seems so stereotypically, how can I say this, American. We’re seen as sports obsessed, because, well, many of us are sports obsessed. And, if there’s one sport that has taken pride of place above all others, it …
Category: Ideas and Issues
Remembering Labor on Labor Day
New Orleans I’m not sure whether I’ve ever driven through Warren, Monticello, and Dermott, Arkansas, but being in Little Rock for KABF and various business, gave me a chance to go visit a Labor Day picnic with Local 100’s great members in Warren. The food was great and the solidarity stunning, but driving on to New …
Tea Party Hijacking Immigration Fight and Setting Up Showdown
Little Rock There’s something about the dog days of summer that seem to bring the crazy out. Unfortunately we’re seeing this once again in the Congressional cloakroom resurgence of the Tea Party representatives, even as the Tea Party’s electoral and public support plummets, and once again the bone their gnawing is the crippled immigration system. You know …