New Orleans The headlines are stark. There is an earthquake near the Indonesian coast on the large island of Java near the town of Yogyakarta. This all sounds exotic and remote. The newspapers describe the city as popular with tourists in Indonesia. It is an old kingdom with some royalty still intact. Close to 5000 …
Category: International
When in Rome?
New Orleans In the global economy it would be a mistake to believe that there is an operating truce between companies and their unions. Unless there is constant push and pull, everything seems to fall to the lowest common denominator which usually means the least cost or the most that one can get away with …
Press Storm
Dallas Monday before dawn buses pulled out of Houston and other Texas cities filled with ACORN members who were damned if they were not going to be the first voters to take advantage of satellite polling places in Lake Charles, Baton Rouge, and Shreveport. And, they were! A Houston Chronicle reporter rode with a couple …