Olden Times Values [Reader Post]

“Long long ago, someone I know, had a little red canoe, there was room for only two”…

So starts a song on an old quarter inch thick 78RPM record we played back in the fifties

on a wind-up Victrola with a bamboo needle.

In those days people had values that are laughed at today.

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The face of unions [Reader Post]

The loss of collective bargaining does not bust unions. It does not remove their ability to bargain for wages, contrary to the stupidity we’re all seeing.

At one time unions served some kind of purpose, but they are irrelevant today other than serving as a means of guaranteeing mediocrity. Unions brought the auto industry to its knees and Obama has pinned the bill for their legacy costs on our futures.