Wouldn’t You Love to be a Flight Attendant on this Jerk’s Next Trip?

“This is frustrating,” Kevin Crissey, an airlines analyst for Citigroup, bellyached to clients after the announcement. “Labor is being paid first again. Shareholders get leftovers.”

http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-american-airlines-20170428-story.html

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Today’s the Climate March. Let Us Never Forget . . .

The bastards knew, 40 years ago: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/exxon-knew-about-climate-change-almost-40-years-ago/

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If You Haven’t Read This, By David Leonhardt, You Should . . . Carefully

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Some Heroes Were Born on April 25th

Albert King:

Ella Fitzgerald:

And Edward R. Murrow:

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I follow Bruce Bartlett on Twitter. You should, too. He’ll point you to things like this:

Another attempt to kill the zombie.

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Miss Gaylord Nelson, Who Would Have Turned 101 This Year

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April 19, 1943: Albert Hofmann Decides to Ride his Bike Home

Went out for an evening spin on my faithful Trek to mark the occasion.

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If You, Like Me, Think Income Inequality is a Big Deal . . .

Here’s a new paper from NBER you might want to read.

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70 Years Ago Today

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It’s Equal Pay Day

79 cents to the dollar, in 2017, imagine . . . .

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