Valuing work means more than giving it lip service

by | Jun 22, 2006 | Uncategorized

Yesterday on a nearly 52 to 46 nearly party line vote the Senate came up eight short of the 60 needed to raise the minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25 an hour over the next two years. As always, Republicans argue giving America’s working poor would be a “job...

I'm just sayin'

by | Jun 20, 2006 | Uncategorized

I’m just sayin’…In 1999, the Clinton Administration fined over 400 companies for hiring illegal aliens. In 2004, the Bush Administration fined threeFrom the Washington Post

This Month's Mighty

by | Jun 16, 2006 | Uncategorized

Plato’s Cave – The Salt Lake TribuneI was over in the Tribune Blogs poking around today and I noticed something a little odd: George Pyle (with The Salt Lake Tribune Editorial Board) absolutely dominates Plato’s Cave. His attention to detail, and his...

"It's a Number"

by | Jun 16, 2006 | Uncategorized

Yesterday, White House Press Secretary Tony Snow marked the death of the 2500th American soldier by commenting, “It’s a number, and every time there’s one of these 500 benchmarks people want something.” Obviously, to the family, friends, and...

Uncle Orrin

by | Jun 16, 2006 | Uncategorized

From this morning’s Tribune article: “If the First Amendment rights are to be protected, why would they want a statute that takes away First Amendment rights?” Hatch asked. “There’s only one answer to that. To cover their behinds, so they...