By John Burbank It isn’t any surprise that people are pessimistic and negative right now. If we have jobs, we are worried about keeping them. If...
By Jeff Johnson Labor Day, for most workers, is an activity-packed, end-of-summer, three-day weekend. It is also a time to celebrate the work that we do,...
By John Burbank Labor Day was first celebrated on Sept. 5, 1882, by the members of the Central Labor Union in New York. During the following...
By Jeff Johnson In these economic times, when an opportunity to attract a $600 million private-sector investment in our state’s export infrastructure presents itself, we’d better...
By John Burbank While watching Congress and the president wrangle over the fake crisis of raising the debt ceiling, the Department of Agriculture reported that 45.8...
By Stan Sorscher A great line in the Disney pirate movie was where Geoffrey Rush (as Captain Barbossa) explained the Code of the Pirates this way,...
By John Burbank Can we all breathe a sigh of relief now that Congress has passed and the President has signed the increase in the debt...
By Lynne Dodson and Kathleen Ridihalgh The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome. This summer, insanity...
By David Groves We need more time, corporate lobbying groups say. We need more time to make our case to workers about why they shouldn’t form...
By John Burbank We have a big private-sector economy, which is floundering in stagnation. Chief among the victims are middle-class Americans, some on the verge of...