I just read John Reiniers column titled, "Private sector can't afford public sector employees." ...more

July 8, 2009

The construction industry has been hit hard by the recession. More than 1 million jobs were lost in our industry in the last year, with 110,000 industry jobs lost in January alone. The huge infusion of money promised by the economic stimulus package was good news for the industry, but an executive order signed by President Obama on Feb. 6 will funnel those funds to his political supporters (labor unions). ...more

February 13, 2009

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama signed a series of executive orders Friday that he said should "level the playing field" for labor unions in struggles with management. ...more

January 30, 2009

Sixty years ago last month, I watched my parents pull the curtains of their voting booths in a Michigan town hall basement to vote for the man who lost the 1948 presidential election. He was Thomas E. Dewey, a Republican widely expected, even by the Democrats, to vanquish wounded incumbent Harry S. Truman. ...more

December 17, 2008

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested Tuesday on charges of conspiring to get financial benefits through his authority to appoint a U.S. senator to fill the vacancy left by Barack Obama's election as president. ...more

December 9, 2008

I am responding to your editorial from Nov. 7, "Unions Seek New Clout With Strong-Arm Tactics". ...more

November 21, 2008

It's a familiar pattern: When Republicans win dramatic victories, as they did in 1994 or 2004, we are told that the election results prove the country has "moved to the right." When Democrats win, however, we are told that the election revealed no ideological shift whatsoever or even that the public was somehow rejecting progressive ideology as it voted for progressive candidates. ...more

November 16, 2008

Have we as Americans ever considered that we are partially to blame for General Motors, Ford and Chrysler's financial troubles, job lay offs, plant closures, sales, labor unions, etc? ...more

November 16, 2008

Just surviving for 85 years in Hollywood is a feat in itself, but Warner Bros., the studio that gave us classics such as "Casablanca," "Rebel Without a Cause" and "My Fair Lady,' is still alive and kicking with the "Harry Potter" and "Batman" franchises. ...more

September 23, 2008

Issues Still Remain Labor Day is a day to honor the working men and women of America. Nowadays, the poverty levels in urban areas are scandalous. Many wage-earners cannot find work, and even if they do, incomes are too low to support their families. Inflationary realities across the board have become incredible: gas and energy costs, housing, insurance, taxes, medical and dental care, food, etc. The deterioration of their circumstances has resulted in foreclosures, bankruptcies, more homeless people, ad infinitum. ...more

September 1, 2008