The American Spectator

TAS Live

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WEDNESDAY br> What a day. Many, many TV shows and radio interviews, starting early in the morning on Fox and Friends . I went down to the Wall Street Journal and met my pal, Dan Henninger, who writes a masterful column for the Friday edition. Then I went to see Rich Rescigno, a high pooh bah at Barron's , and we had a nice natter. I miss Bob Bartley a lot, though. He was a great guy and major force for human dignity. He was taken from us far, far, far too young. /p>

Then a super blowup at a TV network over scheduling a segment for little me. It's complicated, but it was an ugly situation and then I just got over it and did my thing even though I was being mistreated. What happens to me is not terribly important. It all worked out, but it made me glad that I don't work in live TV everyday. Waaay too much stress. I like what I'm doing, where everyone is nice to me all the time even though I have to travel all of the time.

p> FRIDAY br> Guess where I am now. Grand Rapids, Michigan. One of my favorite places, the Amway Grand Hotel. I spent the night before talking about the auto industry with people from the labor unions. They made a damned good point: everyone talks about how badly the unions have gouged the automakers. But the automakers agreed to all of the contracts. Management signed off on those deals that are now killing the industry. Why doesn't anyone blame management? /p>

Well, actually I guess a lot of people do.

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Trade, Economics, Law, Unions