The "China has an aircraft carrier with no aircraft" talking point is now obsolete: Some analysis here. Impressive work.
Moving away from reflexively opposing any possible tax increase is still a long way from being to vote for decent tax policies, but it's still an interesting development. I still.
When employers complain about a lack of skilled workers, what they tend to really mean is "a lack of skilled workers willing to work for subsistence wages." ...related.
I'm going to assume anyone who actually shops today is someone I don't want to know. But in any case, you should be following the Black Friday Wal-Mart strikes, the largest organized labor action in the history of the company. Josh Eidelson's blog at The Nation...
Lynn Parramore's piece exposing Abraham Lincoln's history as a railroad lawyer has some demythologizing value, but it would be a lot more useful if it placed Lincoln's railroad history within.
Happy post-Thanksgiving, all. With luck, we won't have to deal with another holiday situation until Memorial Day or thereabouts. On Monday, I spoke with Bryan McGrath (my co-blogger at Information.
On early Wednesday evening I noticed four tents were pitched in a line in front of my local Best Buy, and I decided to do some journamalizing. It turned out the first tent at this Black Friday base camp was occupied by a couple of college...
My cat Sigmund: Between swatting at Sanchez (0:27) and turning his head in disgust at the image of Tebow (0:56), I think he's at least earned himself an interview.
Time for my annual link to Calvin Trillin's classic, which actually generated some metadiscussion at the Times this year. (For the record: garlic yes, cream no.) As the article points.
On November 22, 1887, a group of white vigilantes crushed a Knights of Labor led strike of black sugar workers in the fields around Thibodaux, Louisiana. Fighting back against largest black social movement in the state since the end of Reconstruction, whites killed dozens and perhaps...
For anybody who is ever inclined to take David M. Nieporent's opinions on any legal issue seriously, consider this comment, regarding whether it's legal to hire judicial clerks for full-time.
Seth Ackerman has a really strong article at Jacobin on the Hostess shut-down. Much of it has great value for showing just how rare it is for companies to ask.