New Orleans I admit that I check the Google alerts everyday to see how the alternative universe is doing where this other “wade rathke” lives, who is often unrecognizable to me. The most recent episode in his “life,” was some kind of “days of rage” planned for Wall Street, which was quite the buzz …
Category: National Politics
Poverty Meltdown Crushing Families in Record Numbers
New Orleans You can’t put lipstick on this pig. There is no way to spin the Census Bureau numbers as anything but tragic or keep the phrases “lost decade” or “lost generation” out of the story of the avalanche income slide that is burying families in poverty in this Great Recession. The coming argument over …
Obama Job Plan and the Challenge of Green Jobs
San Jose The President threw it up against the wall with a jobs plan that is kind of a plan and kind of a campaign statement and kind of a flying flag to see what the Republicans might salute. A lot of it seemed mainly designed to help employers who were hiring and people who …