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The Real Thanksgiving Story     by Theresa Fritz Camoriano     When I was a child, I learned in school about the pilgrims, about the indians teaching them to plant corn, and about the Thanksgiving celebration.  We made turkeys out of construction paper and dressed in the hats and collars of the pilgrims; we ate turkey, corn, and cranberry sauce, but we never learned the real Thanksgiving story. 

In These Times of Budget Shortfalls, We Won’t Improve Our Situation By Beating Up On Capitalists     By Pat Pending    Like many other states, Kentucky is experiencing a serious budget shortfall.  This is a good opportunity to take a look at how we normally conduct business and think about what changes should be made to put us on a better footing.  For example:

Tony Soprano's Dilemmas     by Gordon Francis Corbett     Anthony Soprano is the lead character in HBO's dramatic gangster series, "The Sopranos."  He commits crimes every day, breaking Federal regulations about financial dealings, for instance, but also committing truly immoral acts, such as beatings and murders.

An Open Letter to Alderman Dan Johnson from Terry Gray:     Well, Mr. Johnson, it seems that Lindy’s restaurant, you know the one to which you gave $100,000 of taxpayers money, has closed.  How did that deal work again, you “lend” these people $100,000 dollars of someone else’s money to open an American restaurant in the 6^th ward, because all the restaurants in the 6^th ward are ethnic?

Compulsory Unionism Harms Workers and State’s Economy – (Labor Freedom Is Key To Pennsylvania's Economic Prosperity Keystone State continues to lose ground to Right-to-Work states)      HARRISBURG, PA - Today, The Commonwealth Foundation released a report showing that states where employees are not compelled to support a labor union as a condition of employment (right-to-work states) grew their
economies faster than non-right-to-work states, like Pennsylvania.

Hand and Glove: Labor Freedom and Economic Development      By Lawrence W. Reed      If compulsory unionism were put to a moral test, it would flunk without debate.  Forcing a worker to join and pay dues to an organization he doesn't want to represent him is a manifest violation of that worker's free will and right of contract.  It so happens that it also fails the economic test, as two recent studies strongly demonstrate.

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