Inviting the immigrants in
Got some pushback over the weekend on the print edition, the bit about Krieder Farms and farm labor in general and the wages it pays. Phone calls from farmers saying I obviously don’t understand the...
View ArticleInstead of getting paid, you pay them
Hey, how’s that Greek austerity going? Funny you should ask… We thought we had seen it all. It turns out we hadn’t. It appears that starting this month, some Greeks will have to pay for the privilege...
View ArticleOnly waiting for this moment to arise
Apologize for the dearth of posting here, haven’t had a whole lot to say longform. Posting shorter stuff, links etc. over at the Facebook page – check it out if interested. But I do want to get into...
View ArticleYou were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar
Mish has an interesting one here, a drum he’s been pounding for a couple of days, on how it appears that – because Obamacare would require companies to provide health coverage for full-time employees...
View ArticleThere can be no recovery until you get a raise
Really interesting piece by Eric Sprott posted over at Zero Hedge, gets into something we’ve said here repeatedly: If the middle class doesn’t “recover,” how is the American economy as a whole supposed...
View ArticleStill a need
Still trying to sort out thoughts on the Newtown massacre, trying to write something for the print edition this coming weekend that’s not too angry or emotional. But that’s hard. So let’s briefly...
View ArticleThe glint of all that gold
Hm. By now you might have seen this video: …which has gotten a few million views in the past month. Topic’s hit a nerve, I’d say. When I watch it, as it illustrates how the top 1 percent have managed …...
View ArticleSerfs up
See, this is where I got from rolling my eyes to actively getting pissed off: A conservative mogul worth $43 billion says he knows the secret to helping poor people. According to Charles Koch, the U.S....
View ArticleLast stand in Burgerland
I’ve been very interested to read the stories of the rapidly spreading nationwide fast-food strike, now expanded to 50 cities. Is this a harbinger, a sign of things to come? Could be, because as you’ll...
View ArticleThe boss has all the ‘hand,’ and you’ll get the back of it
A letter this week responding to last week’s print edition on Wal-Mart and Wal-Mart jobs. I’ve obscured her actual employer for obvious reasons. I always enjoy reading your column and this particular...
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