My friend had a life-threatening problem with his workplace. He was processing film much of every work day and had acquired a serious wheeze. The room in which he worked had no ventilation for noxious fumes. He came to me. I suggested he contact the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. All it took was…
Spring brings two distinct send-offs in every school district. One has school colors, school songs, beaming faces. The other is this: the venting of students with hunched shoulders and vacant expressions. One rite — commencement — signifies we did something right. The second send-off signifies that we didn’t. It is what…
Ultimately, it’s all about dollars, don’t you know. The financial press reports that BP has lost $32 billion in stock market value, oozing away in liquid blackness. Previously identified with green-ness as oil companies go, BP now models a shroud of tar. Efforts to contain the mother of all oil spills in…