Earlier this week a story came across the wires that gave new meaning to the word "protectionism."
The U.S. Agency for International Development, which has dispersed 10 billion U.S.-made condoms in poor countries around the world, announced that they will be switching to cheaper Chinese condoms. The move will cost...
Posted December 29, 2007 | 19:22:45 (EST)
Posted August 6, 2007 | 22:17:00 (EST)
When the founder of a popular blog jumped out of an 18-wheeler and shook hands with the Teamsters president in front of 1,500 cheering bloggers, you knew something was happening.
Teamster President Jim Hoffa and DailyKos founder Markos Moulitsas Zuniga - Teamsters and Techies - had cemented their relationship...
Posted July 21, 2007 | 00:16:46 (EST)
One year ago, the Chairman of the Board of FirstGroup, the British parent company of First Student that with the purchase of Laidlaw has suddenly become the largest operator of private school buses in the U.S., agreed to maintain corporate neutrality when workers joined together to form a union. Yet...
Posted June 28, 2007 | 17:43:42 (EST)
The way the Wall Street Journal uses the "up-is-down" language of the Bush administration would be entertaining -- if only it weren't so infuriating.
The most recent case in point is the Journal's "Review and Outlook" piece on Wednesday. "Card Checkmate" discusses the Senate's passage of the Employee Free...

Posted March 26, 2009 | 18:00:14 (EST)