It seems like a preposterous idea. But there was a time when both parties had conservative and liberal wings. And the current leader of the Democratic Party is, by almost any reasonable measure, a moderate. And it’s hard to see traditional Republicans making common cause — or being seen [...]
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January 29th, 2021 - 9:51 pm § in Biden, Business, China, Donald Trump, Economics, Environment, Foreign Affairs
What China’s Xi told Davos attendees
Whenever Xi Jinping speaks, the world listens, and on January 25, 2021, China’s leader spent 25 minutes seeking to exert white-glove persuasion on virtual attendees of this year’s Davos World Economic Forum. Davos is an invitation-only confab of political and business VIPs at a fancy Swi[...]
January 28th, 2021 - 5:27 pm § in Business, Schools & Colleges
Employers starting to back off from demanding degrees
“Eleven years ago, Allie Cornett … left school, and went to work in the hospitality industry as a tour guide. For the next decade, she found herself repeatedly running into the same wall. ‘I have been told multiple times that I have a great resumé, and lots of experience, but no d[...]
Whither climate policy?
With the impending change in U.S. administrations, we can look forward to a more rational science-based climate policy (I say “more” because Republicans in Congress will throw up impediments), but will it — will anything — be enough? In these extracts from an article original[...]
Mark Cuban teaches capitalism to Sen. Josh Hawley
S See complete text of Hawley’s tweet below: [Editor’s note: The First Amendment only applies to government, not private companies, which can censor to their heart’s content. A U.S. Senator doesn’t know that? Of course he does. Hawley is a Yale Law graduate and former Supreme[...]
Compilation of Capitol Riot Stories
Collected from The-Ave.US front page: Feeble Defender: Rush Limbaugh Praises Mob, Compares Riot To Lexington And Concord — story here Casualty List: Capitol Police Officer Dies From Riot Injuries — story here Four Rioters Died; Shot, Trampled, Heart Attack, Stroke — story here W[...]
“Corporate America should drop the GOP,” says business writer
Rick Newman of Yahoo Finance writes: “Imagine buying a stock, then learning the seller changed his mind and canceled the transaction, without consequence. “Imagine running a storefront with a landlord who raised the rent whenever he felt like it, regardless of what the lease stipulated. [...]
Restaurant owner talks about Covid shutdowns (video)
In this 9½-minute video, a Michigan restaurant owner interrupts a live local TV news broadcast to air his grievances about that state’s indoor dining closure, and the reporter lets him talk. What he gets isn’t a mindless rant; instead, the man says, “I can’t do this alone[...]
How not to defend boorish behavior
One of 6 former managers at a Tyson’s Iowa pork processing plant who were fired for betting on how many of the workers would get COVID-19 tried to defend their actions as “simply something fun, kind of a morale boost” for “a group of supervisors” exhausted from trying t[...]
Lawsuit claims Tyson lied to workers about Covid-19 risks
A federal lawsuit alleges Tyson Foods lied to interpreters for non-English speaking workers at its Waterloo, Iowa, pork processing plant where over 1,000 workers became infected with Covid-19 and 5 of them died, the Des Moines Register reported on Monday, November 30, 2020 (read story here). Accordi[...]