Happy Independence Day — We’re Not Done Yet

Happy Independence Day — We’re Not Done Yet

Lawrence J. Hanley International President, Amalgamated Transit Union in DC; Member of the AFL-CIO’s Executive Council July 4 we celebrate the signing of one of the great documents of history. The Declaration of Independence is still cherished today, not only...

SNIPPET

“…I learned that courage was not the absence of fear but the triumph over it.”  Nelson Mandela – Civil rights leader, Nobel Peace Prize winner, South Africa’s first freely chosen president.

THE 12 DAYS AFTER CHRISTMAS

On Dasher, on Dancer, on Prancer, and Prozac.  On Comet, on Cupid, on Donner and Lexapro.  From the top of Main Street to the top of Wall Street, our holiday spirits were dashed away, dashed away, dashed away all.  The end of 2008 was such a downer that even the Jolly...