washingtonpost.com - Harold Meyerson -- Washington Post Opinion Writer (washingtonpost.com)Harold Meyerson writes about politics and policy for The Washington Post's op-ed page.Bush's Next Preemptive Strike- November 29, 2007 George W. Bush is focusing now on his legacy. Duck. Run. Hide.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/28/AR2007112802050.html?nav=r... National Labor Ruination Board- November 21, 2007 Last Thursday, a band of roughly 1,000 demonstrators assembled by the AFL-CIO paraded past the White House, in a driving rain, to the headquarters of the National Labor Relations Board. They asked the board, which was established 72 years ago to protect workers' right to bargain, to cease and desist. No more rulings. And no more new members (the terms of three of the board's five members are due to expire shortly) who see their mission as destroying the right of employees to bargain with their..http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/20/AR2007112001647.html?nav=r... What's on the Line In the Writers' Strike- November 14, 2007 In its initial stages, the strike of television and screenwriters has generated so much lighthearted copy you could conclude, wrongly, that it's fun for the whole family. On one entertainment news Web site, 3,000 "Battlestar Galactica" cultists, in Los Angeles for their convention, have pledged to join the picket line at Universal Studios on Friday. And on a site for striking writers for David Letterman's show, I read that before talks broke down "both sides briefly agreed that Marie Osmond is..http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/13/AR2007111301833.html?nav=r... Why the Rush on Trade- November 7, 2007 The House is set to vote today on a free-trade pact with Peru. What's not clear is why.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/06/AR2007110601809.html?nav=r... |