From the moment I began driving, I adopted a ritual. I would find- and dine- at a Dunkin Donuts restaurant. (No, not in the store but in my car as I continued driving.)
Growing Labor Strength
The gloves are off. This may be the year of the union revival. (Membership had been languishing at 6% of private employment in 2022.) As of 31 October, there were 354 strikes involving some 492000 employees. {That’s 8X the number for 2021and 4X those found in 2022.)
Can Life Experiences be Inherited?
Depending on how old you are and how “up” with science you are, this may be a pretty astounding blog.
Another Chanuka Story
Another Chanuka Tale
You all know the story of how the Makabi’s revolted against Antiochus conquered Jerusalem, plundered the riches of the Holy Temple and defiled it by making it a temple for idols. Now, we’ll talk about it more-0 and add another tale.
Yellow Update
We spoke about a week ago concerning the Sarah Riggs Amico plan to revive Yellow Freight.
Spread the Light of Chanuka
Generally, we consider winter to be the ‘dark season’. This year with the war between Hamas and Israel, I consider things to be really dark.
The Festival of Lights
Tonight will be the first night of Chanuka, the 25th day of Kislev. For those of you who celebrate Christmas, you might recognize that number- 25. That date wasn’t chosen by accident by the first Christians. (It also explains why this is one of the few- the very few- holidays Christians celebrate on the “eve”- because it derives from the Jewish rule that a day is one evening and one morning….The others are New Year’s and Easter.)
Killing Bacteria?
How about this idea? A microbe (actually a bacteria) that can target and treat cancer. For a price of about $ 1 a dose.
On the March!
Let’s consider what’s happened since the UAW and the Big 3 have settled on new contracts. Those contracts elevated wages by 27%, have cost-of-living adjustments, an eradication of tiered employment, better retirement, among other provisions.