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 …
Category: Ideas and Issues
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 …
Emissaries, Wages, and 72 Hours
Emissaries, Wages, and 72 Hours December 10, 2008 New Orleans These days the news is full of nuggets we can mine with wonder. For example, I wonder how in the world it took Bank of America 72 hours to realize that they had to get up off of some money when the President-elect …