The auto strikers have just turned down a 21% pay increase. What could that mean? And how will the eventual increased overhead in U.S. manufacturing influence U.S. competition in the international auto manufacturing market?
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President Biden delivered remarks at the annual United Nations General Assembly in New York City. The speech was skipped by Russia and China. And France and the U.K.
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Life and liberty are “rights” in the Declaration of Independence. Happiness is not. For Jefferson, with terrible realism, only proposed its pursuit. (George Mason had referred to a “natural right … of pursuing and obtaining happiness.” But, after all, any right to obtain happiness can only be enforced by a deity, not a Declaration.)--Lebergott
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Some video games are rated 'M' for 'Mature.'
Bad Win
The generality is that we people, especially Americans, are devoted to winning--and at any cost. Yet the Steelers-Browns game, a dramatic, 1970s defensive win for Pittsburgh, was astonishingly unsatisfying for their fans. Perhaps it revealed the team to be less a contender than expected but, nonetheless, it showed that winning was not everything. And maybe quality itself was a factor in a game's reward.
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Some video games are rated 'M' for 'Mature.'
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Bad Win
The generality is that we people, especially Americans, are devoted to winning--and at any cost. Yet the Steelers-Browns game, a dramatic, 1970s defensive win for Pittsburgh, was astonishingly unsatisfying for their fans. Perhaps it revealed the team to be less a contender than expected but, nonetheless, it showed that winning was not everything. And maybe quality itself was a factor in a game's reward.
So, why is winning a badly played game unfulfilling?
1 comment:
You have always been a strong supporter of unions , Strikers, the Cleveland Browns and especially Joe Biden
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