Yeah, I know, it’s not a cartoon. It’s a movie poster. We’ll get to the cartoons.But last night my granddaughter and I watched “The Candidate,” which was made in 1972, the year her father was born. She’s about to turn 21 and has volunteered in campaigns since high school, so was an excellent audience for […]
“How India’s Gig Economy Is Trapping its Workers in the Cycle of Poverty,” by Thomas Manuel and Satwick Gade is an examination of the semi-quasi-self-employment of women making bidis, the little leaf-wrapped cigarettes popular in India.It’s worth a read in itself, but I probably enjoyed it more because it seems like such a direct line […]
Before I launch into today’s topic, a thanks to David Fitzsimmons for his depiction of the stupidest thing I’ve come across lately.I recently cut back my cable and got Roku to save a little money on the stations I actually wanted, and it’s changed my viewing habits such that I’ve been catching news on CNN […]