Monthly Archives: November 2009

So it turns out that the idiotic brawl I wrote about yesterday in Florida occurred within the context of a national campaign by teabaggers who were targeting pro-alien forces or some such threat to our way of life. In Minnesota, … Continue reading →

Being an old fart, I wasn’t able to stay up last night to watch Lou Dobbs on the Daily Show, but I’m going to imagine it went something like this: more about "SNL’s Lou Dobbs Says Goodbye: ‘I Won’…", posted … Continue reading →

Earlier, I discussed a trend that could very well not be a trend–Anglos showing up at day labor pickup sites for work. Well, I recently came across another trend piece that seems suspicious as well. The article, found here, is … Continue reading →

For this Friday I’ve included a photo from each job location–New York, Arizona, and Alabama. Have a good weekend! Hope to have some new video up next week… ANYONE HUNGRY? One of the interesting aspects of restaurant work is the … Continue reading →

In April of 2005, I spent a week on the US-Mexico border to report on the Minuteman Project. If you’re lucky enough to have forgotten the ragtag group, they came to the border because, in the words of their founder, … Continue reading →

Folks in the book publishing industry are always trying to figure out how to increase book sales. Will a short video about the book, posted on a book’s web site, somehow generate sales? Is there a point, even, for a … Continue reading →

Although the only true cure to a terrible job is to quit, temporary relief can often be found through the age-old art of bitching. Which is why, though the jobs I did for the book have all ended, I still … Continue reading →

Faced with a Thursday and little desire to write something myself, here are two links to articles I’ve been reading: Are white people starting to hang around the parking lots of Home Depot looking for work? This is one of … Continue reading →