The federal minimum wage will be increased for the first time in more than a decade this July. On July 24, the wage for people covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act will be a whopping $5.85 per hour. Better late than never, I guess. Will it make a difference? Especially with the cost of [...]
Today was my final day of work at the Sierra Club. Now I can be objective again, to answer that question. Here’s what I wrote to the staff, nationwide, yesterday: Goodbye To All That Dear Sierra Club, This is my farewell message. Those of you who don’t have time, but want to know what’s going [...]
I put together the March 21, 2006, issue of the Sierra Club’s e-newsletter The Insider. I just wrote the blurbs. You can see it here. When the newsletter landed in people’s in-boxes, the subject was tagged “Why We Love the Marines” by one of the e-outreach people here. In response, a Sierra Club director, Paul [...]
Nostalgia, in great part. Also, possibly, a sense of propriety in the trade? I’m no professional puppeteer or entertainer—but apparently I am suited for it. In high school, the results of my career aptitude test ranked “puppeteer” very near the top. Not writer or engineer or anything like that. Puppeteer. Also, “mime,” which really made [...]
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