New Orleans The dispute between the California Nurses Association, AFL-CIO, and the Service Employees International Union has bitter roots in California and unfortunately is spreading elsewhere in the country. Rose Ann DeMoro, the CNA chief has been an purist on many issues and with a broad brush has tried to paint SEIU as evil, …
Category: Personal Writings
Riveting
New Orleans The Titanic went down 96 years ago and the arguments continue. A story running around the world in recent days seems to provide another clue: the rivets in the bow and some other areas were sub-par. Naval archivists and others have determined that some of the rivets were made of iron (the …
Cell Space
New Orleans We have spoken of the important potential of cell phones in this space before, but it was a delight to read Sara Corbett’s piece in the Sunday Times “Can the Cell Phone Help End Global Poverty?” She made some of the points we have speculated on here. The increasingly ubiquitous investment in …