- The American Legislative Exchange Council THE AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE EXCHANGE COUNCIL A Speech Given at the Minnesota Capitol in March 2012 by Scott Thompson ur country right now is in a state of denial. What we say we want and what we’ve actually built for ourselves are two totally different things, and people manage to live with that contradiction by just […]
- The Value of Democracy THE VALUE OF DEMOCRACY by Davis L. Gonzalez oe Biden sent me an email asking for $5, as if he were a co-worker of mine who absent-mindedly left his wallet at home. Apparently, there’s an election going on and no less than six states–North Carolina, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Colorado, and Pennsylvania–hang in the balance. According […]
- The Definition of Insanity THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY by Davis L. Gonzalez [intense_dropcap]A[/intense_dropcap]lbert Einstein is widely credited with this definition of insanity: Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. If this is an acceptable term for insanity, then I have concluded that we live in a country of lunatics. I’m not just referring […]
- Direct Action and the Future of Collective Bargaining DIRECT ACTION AND THE FUTURE OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING by Scott Thompson ]he failure of the Walker recall in Wisconsin is being interpreted as a huge blow to the survival of traditional labor unions. As disappointing as the election results may be to both Occupiers and union organizers, we can learn something vitally important from what […]