Category Archives: Labor

This is a Really Hard Book to Write

Posted on June 22, 2018 by Calgary Fats

While I’m out here in the wilds of rural France. I hope to complete another two chapters of my novel, working title – There is Always a Price. The book takes the form of a memoir and it follows the … Continue reading →

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Back in the USA

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Calgary Fats

Vacation’s over and I can think of no better grounding on the reality I’ve come back to  than two Op-Ed pieces in the Washington Post by E.J. Dionne Jr. and Harold Meyerson.  Dionne is reflecting on the irony of America … Continue reading →

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Call out the Guard. Where are the Pinkertons when we need them?

Posted on February 19, 2011 by Calgary Fats

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s threat to use the National Guard against state workers has a great deal of symbolic meaning beyond simple-minded demagoguery.  The last time the Guard was used against striking public employees was in 1968 during the Memphis … Continue reading →

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