When John F. Kennedy was elected president, I did not believe it was possible to top the Kennedy cult fantasy craziness summed up by violinist Isaac Stern when he visited the White House: I felt as though I were inside
The world economy is a mess. Things are in flux. These are scary times. But part of that comes with change. If you think things are scary now, imagine how people felt when World War I or World War II
WSJ: The coalition includes unions such as the Service Employees International Union and the AFL-CIO, the Sierra Club and umbrella group Americans United for Change, which helped sink President George W. Bush’s effort to add individual investment accounts to Social
Reuters: Flights were grounded, banks and schools were shut and hospitals ran on emergency services as a general strike shut down Greece. The industrial action piled more pressure on a conservative government hit by the worst riots in decades. Workers
NY Times: With a series of simple “I dos,†gay couples across California inaugurated the state’s court-approved and potentially short-lived legalization of same-sex marriage on Monday, the first of what is expected to be a crush of such unions in
France is grappling with a second day of nationwide strike that has crippled transport and wreaked havoc on daily commutes. Many workers struggling to get to work on Thursday said they’re tired of being caught in the middle of the
French commuters are grappling with a second day of commuting disruption as a few unions stayed off the job and others discussed renewing strike action against government plans to reform pension privileges.
