I was amazed to read that nearly 5,500 people died on the job in 2007. What was perhaps even more amazing is that that number is down 6% from the previous year. Meanwhile, murders on the job increased by 13%, bringing the total to 610. This is another remarkable figure posted in an article on [...]

Labor Day was first celebrated in New York, in 1882.   It became a nationally recognized holiday in 1894. There have been a lot of changes since then.   While the quality of life has improved tremendously, we often find ourselves working harder, well beyond the 40 hour work week that everyone was once striving for.   [...]

Yahoo reported yesterday that two defense contractors are accused of human trafficking.   The Yahoo Article says that KBR.Inc and a Jordanian sub-contractor were transporting 12 Nepali men against their will to Iraq when the men were killed in an attack. Of course, the lawsuit hasn’t gone to trial and is still in its early stages.   [...]

There is a man in Israel who says he has at least part of the solution to global warning. According to Haaretz, the Israeli English language newspaper, Max Nadel, has a simple means of creating alternative energy. You would think a guy like this would be working for one of the larger conglomerates or at [...]