Monthly Archives: December 2009
Clyde Haberman got it right: living wage in NYC not part of business agenda.
Some have said that being also to live with contradictions and paradoxes is an indication of maturity or intelligence. Well, maybe. However I am still more than disappointed about recent NYC Council actions. As Haberman wrote in the NYC on … Continue reading
Progressive Social Policy Be Damned or Build Baby Build
On radio news today I heard of a conflict regarding a development project in one of the NYC boroughs. Developers want to a convert a property into a mall however the community is demanding that workers in the mall will … Continue reading
Context Is Key
In Thomas Friedman’s NYT op-ed about the Afghanistan work last week, he expresses skepticism about the increase of troops targeted for deployment there. In his discussion he states that authoritative dictates rarely change behavior. “People do not change when you tell … Continue reading
