Big league universities want the athletes they recruit to see them as substitute moms and dads. Don’t worry, they say, be happy, ’cause we’ve got you covered. It’s all very appealing – until an athlete is seriously injured in practice or a game. Then the athlete...
In the olden days, buying votes was a risky business. That’s not because the purchaser faced felony charges. No, the real peril was that the guy bribing voters wouldn’t get what he wanted. The process was too indirect. The man with “walking around money” would tell...
I’m a big fan of “House of Cards.” So it’s an added pleasure that this brilliant series now has some relevance to my work life. For the past seven years, I’ve urged Washington to stand up to China on its currency manipulation and other policies...
Republicans despise America’s poor and jobless. The GOP made that perfectly clear by repeatedly denouncing them and cutting food stamps and unemployment benefits. But last week, Republicans revealed that they also hate hard-working Americans! Republicans condemned President Obama for proposing to extend mandatory overtime pay to...
Shareholders Call on Board to Address Human Capital Issues at North American Subsidiaries (LONDON) – Shareholders in National Express Group PLC (NEX: LN) have submitted a shareholder proposal to the company, calling on the Board of Directors of the U.K.-listed multinational transport corporation to improve oversight...
“Shut up!” That’s what Republican darling Darrell Issa told a Democrat who tried to speak at a public hearing last week. Issa didn’t deign to actually talk to a Democrat; instead he cut the microphones so the Democrat couldn’t be heard. Rep. Issa, R-Calif., silenced Rep....
All those rights Americans cherish, those fundamental human and political freedoms protected by the U.S. Constitution, Republicans contend those aren’t really inalienable rights or anything solid or permanent like that. See, according to the GOP, some Americans are sub-citizens who don’t deserve rights equal to those...
Official Statement of Teamsters Airline Division Director Capt. David Bourne (WASHINGTON) – The following is the official statement of Teamsters Airline Division Director Capt. David Bourne on the United States Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) 2014 Aviation Workforce report, “Current and Future Availability of Airline Pilots”: “I’m pleased...
Teamsters General President Joins Lawmakers, Workers In Warning TPP Will Cost Jobs (WASHINGTON) – Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa blasted the secret negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) at a Capitol Hill press conference today and warned of further hemorrhaging of U.S. jobs if the trade...
Right-wing billionaires threw a hissy fit in recent weeks. The 99 percent are persecuting them, the wealthy ones whined. That whole Occupy Wall Street thing hurt their feelings, conservative 1 percenters pouted. The right-wing rich didn’t threaten to take their Shimansky diamond soccer ballsand stomp home in their Bruno Maglis....