Dar es Salaam  Ripple effects of the current global recession continue to amaze me as it seems the impacts widen farther and farther.  Last night visiting with the country director for Oxfam Great Britain, and hearing about her program around Tanzania, it was disheartening to hear that since her arrival she has been in the unanticipated …

February 4, 2009             Chicago           This is really, really depressing!  There was an article forwarded me today from the Las Vegas Sun that details litigation initiated by Bruce Raynor, the President of UNITE-HERE, against John Wilhelm, the President of the Hospitality division of UNITE-HERE or the old HERE in other words, as well as naming …

February 3, 2009             New Orleans               A raging front page story in the local papers as well as even the New York Times has been focusing on a showdown between May Ray Nagin and the City Council over the price and provision of sanitation services, particularly what they are all calling “Disney-type” services in …