An insidious oil spill is crawling darkly toward the pristine Gulf Coast beaches and marshlands, unleashed last week when the Deepwater Horizon offshore rig exploded.  Somewhere in the darkness underneath that oil spill, 11 workers from that rig are missing and presumed dead…eerily reminiscent of the 29 West Virginia miners buried in the darkness of earth’s rubble just a few weeks ago in the Upper Big Branch Mine, owned by Massey Energy Co.  The folks that were killed were American heroes – America’s working poor – the vast majority of whom never have the job opportunities provide more

In these days of scandal – Toyota, the Roman Catholic Church, GOP funds spent in a Hollywood bondage club – to name just a few,  let’s revisit a very old word from 14^th century France… According to Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary: Main Entry: in·teg·ri·ty Pronunciation: \in-ˈte-grə-tē\ Function: noun Etymology: Middle English integrite, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French integrité, from Latin integritat-, integritas, from integr-, integer entire more

In this age of soaring federal deficits, do you know that preventable accidents cost the Department of Defense $15 BILLION dollars annually? According to Secretary Robert Gates’ policy statement published May 30, 2007, $3 billion/year is lost in direct costs (e.g. medical care of the injured) and $12 billion/year in indirect costs (e.g. lost work time, delays in mission fulfillment, etc). more

Just think what $6.5 billion directed to U.S. small businesses could mean to our economy’s recovery and job growth.  Prime contractors (REALLY LARGE businesses) for government contracts could have provided such a financial boost last year, but failed to do so.  How? more