Marble Falls If there’s a book that Mike Davis has written that I haven’t read, it must be one that hasn’t been published yet, and, I’ll tell you right now, I’m looking forward to it. Mike had a rare and ranging brilliance that shone through deep research, great politics, fundamental insights, and a …
Category: Personal Writings
When Peace Fails, Blame the Staff
New Orleans When I saw the headline, I cringed. I knew trouble was coming. What were they thinking?!? House Speaker wannabe, Kevin McCarthy, had only weeks earlier caught a bit of heat hinting that if Republicans took control of Congress the virtually unanimous support for the Ukrainian efforts to resist the Russian invasion …
Weak Ties Can Make a Strong Difference
Pearl River We were organizing nurses at a hospital in Amarillo, Texas some years ago in the time of the Haley Bopp comet. We’d filed for an NLRB election, but we were far afield of our natural base in Texas in the big cities. It was one of those situations where we should have …