These days, the U.S. manufacturing sector is not unfamiliar with challenges such as highly competitive pricing, a forceful global market and surging consumer demand. However, these are not the most pressing concerns. If you’re in the industry, you won’t be surprised by Deloitte’s latest findings. The consultancy’s most recent report revealed that over 600,000 manufacturing … [Read more...] about How to Reduce the Skills Gap in Manufacturing and the Supply Chain
Cartoon: Bernie versus Hillary
Trump: No DACA Deal Without ‘BIG Border Security’
Early Thursday President Donald Trump said a deal he reportedly struck with Democrats to protect hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants from deportation isn’t on. Unless, of course, Democrats agree to “massive border security,” Trump tweeted. “No deal was made last night on DACA,” the president wrote, referring to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals… … [Read more...] about Trump: No DACA Deal Without ‘BIG Border Security’
Trump, Democrats agree on DACA, but no border wall for now
Top US congressional Democrats emerged from a meeting with President Donald Trump Wednesday claiming progress on a deal that protects young immigrants and boosts border security, while not including a border wall. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and top House Democrat Nancy Pelosi said they had a "very productive" dinner meeting with Trump in which the… … [Read more...] about Trump, Democrats agree on DACA, but no border wall for now
Should the US put power lines underground?
By Theodore J. Kury, Director of Energy Studies , University of Florida. Hurricanes Harvey and Irma caused widespread power outages. AP Photo/Eric Gay It is the height of a highly destructive hurricane season in the United States. The devastation of Harvey in Texas and Louisiana caused nearly 300,000 customers to lose electricity service, and Hurricane Irma… … [Read more...] about Should the US put power lines underground?
Climate Change: A Reality Check
Mark Twain said, "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." When it comes to climate change, the truth is still putting on its shoes. For climate truth, one need know the complete record of climate history, something that the media haven't been good at reporting. The primary culprit in misleading the public about climate change … [Read more...] about Climate Change: A Reality Check
What it took for Republicans finally to feel betrayed by Trump
WASHINGTON -- Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter, an early and loyal Trump enthusiast, gave an uncommonly candid assessment of the president to a group of young Republicans at home in California recently. "He's an a--hole," Duncan said, "but he's our a--hole." So reported his hometown San Diego Union-Tribune. That's close to a perfect summary of Republicans' relationship of … [Read more...] about What it took for Republicans finally to feel betrayed by Trump
Buried Under the Flood Waters
Have you noticed recently that something is missing from the front pages of your newspapers? And that something is no longer discussed on the morning and evening news and talk shows. Like magic, Trump and his Russian connections and Russian interference in the election are no longer heading up the news cycle. Instead, journalists are transfixed by the damage wrought by … [Read more...] about Buried Under the Flood Waters
Trump’s Digital Campaign Colluded With Russia. But Is That Enough To Bring Him Down?
There no longer is any question that Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin shared a vision although they ruled empires nearly 5,000 miles apart. And that Trump's campaign colluded with Putin to help make him president because the billionaire New York real estate mogul and reality television star wanted even more money and power while the autocratic Russian president wanted even … [Read more...] about Trump’s Digital Campaign Colluded With Russia. But Is That Enough To Bring Him Down?
Cartoon and column: Get over it?
Someone needs to go away. This person needs to stop rehashing the 2016 election. This person needs to stop whining about how unfairly they were treated. This person needs to stop blaming others for their failures and accept some responsibility. This person’s lingering presence is detrimental to the future success of their party and our country. They need to shut up … [Read more...] about Cartoon and column: Get over it?
People are furious over a video of cop seizing a hot dog vendor’s money and want him fired
UC Berkeley has a controversy on its hands after video of one of its campus police officers busting a hot dog vendor who did not have a permit to sell and confiscating money as evidence went viral. RELATED: The cop who arrested a nurse for not cooperating could answer to the FBI Watch the video It… … [Read more...] about People are furious over a video of cop seizing a hot dog vendor’s money and want him fired
Relatives of Undocumented Children Caught Up in ICE Dragnet
This summer, a Kansas City man named Edwin got a call from immigration officials. They had picked up his nephew at the southern border and wanted to release the teen into his care. So Edwin went online and bought a bed. Later that week, he was contacted again, this time by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement… … [Read more...] about Relatives of Undocumented Children Caught Up in ICE Dragnet
Hillary and Co Should Chill
by Peter Funt My message to certain Democrats, starting with Hillary Clinton: Don't go away mad, just go away. Harsh as that seems, the nation's progressive-minded citizens have enough on their hands with Donald Trump in the White House and Republicans in control on Capitol Hill. We don't need to re-litigate - to use a currently fashionable cable-news term - the 2016 … [Read more...] about Hillary and Co Should Chill
Pope Francis slams climate change doubters as ‘stupid’
Pope Francis has sharply criticised climate change deniers as "stupid" in the wake of a spate of powerful hurricanes that have wreaked havoc in the US, Mexico and the Caribbean. "Those who deny it [climate change] should go to the scientists and ask them," the pontiff said on Monday during an in-flight press conference on the… … [Read more...] about Pope Francis slams climate change doubters as ‘stupid’
UN Human Rights Chief: Governments not terrorists “will break humanity”
Governments “will break humanity” if left on their current course, the UN human rights chief said today, while also blaming Buddhist Myanmar for conducting “a textbook example of ethnic cleansing” of its Muslim Rohingya minority. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein called on Myanmar “to reverse the pattern of severe and widespread discrimination … [Read more...] about UN Human Rights Chief: Governments not terrorists “will break humanity”
‘That Same Inescapable Feeling Of Dread’
Life as we knew it changed forever 16 years ago today, which at least in the Northeast is uncannily similar to the gloriously sunny morning of September 11, 2001. But the 9/11 attacks were not to be the only cataclysm to visit upon America in the opening decades of the 21st century. Comparing 9/11 with the Trump presidency is a fool’s errand in some ways, but they are not … [Read more...] about ‘That Same Inescapable Feeling Of Dread’
A National Global War on Terrorism Memorial
Today marks the 16th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks on our country. Pentagon workers unfurl a large American flag over the west side of the Pentagon at sunrise, Sept. 11, 2017, on the 16th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. DoD photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brigitte N. Brantley Those dastardly attacks killed 2,977 innocent men, women and … [Read more...] about A National Global War on Terrorism Memorial
Did lesbians cause Hurricanes Irma and Harvey? God knows.
WASHINGTON -- It's that season again. An ominous swirl forms in the Atlantic, citizens batten down or evacuate, TV weather reporters put on rain slickers and, as predictably as National Weather Service bulletins, some End-Times pastors and other provocateurs on the right attribute the storm to a wrathful God's vengeance on liberals. The storm surge has already washed up Jim … [Read more...] about Did lesbians cause Hurricanes Irma and Harvey? God knows.
Trump and the road not taken
WASHINGTON -- Be wary of anyone who purports to understand the deep meaning of President Trump's decision to side with the Democrats on short-term budget issues. Nobody knows what he's up to, and this probably includes Trump himself. Nonetheless, his recent foray into bipartisanship provides the occasion to explore the path he chose not to take at the beginning of his … [Read more...] about Trump and the road not taken
Cartoon and column: KICKIN’ IT WITH CHUCK AND NANCY
To help set the proper mood, THIS is the music for the first panel, and THIS is the music for the second. An expression I’m sick and tired of is “nothing burger.” It’s popular with conservatives, who also love “fake news.” Both terms are often used together, as in “this Russian collusion story is a nothing burger and fake news.” Leave it to Republicans to muck up their … [Read more...] about Cartoon and column: KICKIN’ IT WITH CHUCK AND NANCY