Politics
Will the real Hillary Clinton smile please stand up? Last week, the NY Post reported an ongoing feud between Clinton's New York and D.C. campaign staff. The New Yorker staff think she's become 'all polls, no pulse.' Some people even think she has a fake smile. And recent research shows there may be
Politics
A couple of days ago, the right-wing wonks at the inaptly monickered 'Center for Union Facts,' an arch-conservative national front group, took me to task for supporting the Employee Free Choice Act. When the national opposition sees fit to criticize the little guy, that's pretty good evidence he's o
Politics
Now that I'm back to labor blogging, some of you may be wondering why I care so much of late about the Employee Free Choice Act. It's not that I march in lockstep with my fellow Progressives across the country. But I've seen many friends and colleagues get treated unfairly when it comes to labor-man
Updates
I'm often asked what I do for a living, primarily by friends tired of their day jobs who yearn for something more from their careers but don't quite know how to get there. I was in the same boat until a friend helped me focus my energies last year. Do what you love and the money will follow--it's a
Politics
'Every day, corporations deny workers the freedom to decide for themselves whether to form unions to bargain for a better life. They routinely intimidate, harass, coerce and even fire workers who try to form unions and bargain for economic well-being.' (--AFL-CIO) And that's why we need the Employee
Politics
Frequently, my friends and colleagues in D.C. turn me on to stories that they think I'll find socially important. This one was enough to help break me out of a momentary funk: a beneficial alliance between a major California hospital and its labor union.
Life
Sometimes a bad day is not always a bad day. Now in the homestretch of my Hogtown life, today I started applying a new perspective to my life here, and to my future life in New York City. It was a day balanced on the funny line between joyously happy and absolutely not.
Life
I get by with a little help from my friends. Wednesday night, sitting with my fellow GLYNY alums, Peter and Barbara, at the bar at Philip Marie in the West Village, I felt the truth of that. The restaurant is catering our GLYNY 20-year reunion event in November. We had come to check out the rumored-
Neurodivergence
Over a plate of drunken noodles is a very strange place to have an epiphany. But yesterday was no ordinary day, so I didn't argue. In Washington, D.C., tucked in the back of a Thai restaurant in Adams-Morgan, I called my friend, Tom. As we talked through my noodles, I realized how much I've never go
Life
With great sadness, I find myself in a position to edit my previous post. While my move to New York City may continue, my relationship with Devyn will not. After two years of effort forged in the face of what, in the end, turned out to be my insurmountable obstacles, Devyn and I have called an end t
Life
'It all started way back in April of 2003. I had moved to Chicago to get over NYC's post-9/11 angst.' And now, I'm going back home.
GLYNY Again
Well here I am, my last night in New York, leaving tomorrow to finally head back to my life in Chicago. I've already spoken my peace about Saturday night and seeing my old friends again. But my momentary anxiety got the better of me and I never did tell them all how much they mean to me. Let me rect