http://blog.nam.org/ Shopfloor.org is one of the top business blogs in the country discussing important issues affecting manufacturing, small businesses, free markets, outsourcing, energy prices, health care, taxes and staying competitive in the business world. 2008-05-11T20:46:11-05:00 http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/05/the_uss_stockda.php From The Associated Press:BATH, Maine - The Navy's newest guided missile destroyer was christened Saturday with the name of a fighter pilot who spent 7 1/2 years in captivity in North Vietnam, received the Medal of Honor and served as... Miscellaneous Carter Wood 2008-05-11T20:46:11-05:00 http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/05/neil_obrien.php From The Independent:More than seven in 10 [British] voters insist that they would not be willing to pay higher taxes in order to fund projects to combat climate change, according to a new poll. The survey also reveals that most... Global Warming Carter Wood 2008-05-11T12:21:28-05:00 http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/05/one_of_the_grea.php One of the great names of medicine is that of Dr. Charles E. Drew, a black American physician born in Washington, D.C., in 1904. He overcame walls of racial prejudice to become a doctor, and while studying at Columbia University... CoolStuffBeingMade.com (Weekend Video) Hank Cox 2008-05-11T10:10:05-05:00 http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/05/circumnavigatio.php "Report: Manufacturing still strong in Alabama": Alabama has nearly 6,900 manufacturers and industrial suppliers registered - with 520 on the list for the first time, according to the latest edition of the Alabama Manufacturers Register. In Oklahoma: "Republican legislators lashed... Carter Wood 2008-05-10T10:22:00-05:00 http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/05/asbestos_the_ec.php A Washington Post "Think Tank Town" column, "Fire Retardant Asbestos Suits," by John M. Wylie II, the principal author of the Manhattan Institute report on asbestos litigation.The report shows that the long-running asbestos-lawsuit scam has destroyed 80 companies and the... Briefly Legal Carter Wood 2008-05-10T08:52:07-05:00 http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/05/cool_stuff_bein_121.php This week in "Cool Stuff Being Made," we head to Quality Custom Cabinetry in New Holland, Pa., for a tour of the company's 126,000 square feet facility. Dale Leaman, director of customer service, walks us through the 16 departments, starting... CoolStuffBeingMade.com (Weekend Video) Carter Wood 2008-05-10T07:24:26-05:00 http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/05/card_check_hypo.php From the WSJ:Two of the nation's largest labor unions have struck confidential agreements with large employers that give the companies the right to designate which of their locations, and how many workers, the unions can seek to organize. The agreements... Labor Unions Carter Wood 2008-05-10T06:48:31-05:00 http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/05/this_week_on_am_82.php The continuing battle between Democratic presidential nominees Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton is good news for Republican presidential hopeful John McCain, Florida Sen. Mel Martinez says. “It’s got to be a help that we have had some time for the... America's Business Greg Wright 2008-05-09T15:43:00-05:00 http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/05/card_check_sort.php On the Neil Cavuto show, Vincent Curatola -- the Johnny Sac character on The Sopranos -- says he's getting abuse for appearing in the anti-card check commercial sponsored by the Coalition for a Democratic Workforce.... Labor Unions Carter Wood 2008-05-09T13:38:32-05:00 http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/05/dont_make_rex_m.php Happy 60th Birthday, Rex Morgan, M.D! Publishers Syndicate launched the strip in 1948, bringing medical issues to the comics pages. In the current storyline, Rex faces his toughest foe yet, TV-advertising Max the Ax, personal injury attorney, who hopes to... Briefly Legal Carter Wood 2008-05-09T10:03:07-05:00 http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/05/health_care_cos_1.php From Kaiser.org, its invaluable daily reports: U.S. manufacturers that offer health insurance to employees spend an average of $2.38 per worker per hour on health care, substantially more than the amount spent by foreign competitors, according to a report released... Health Care Carter Wood 2008-05-09T09:42:32-05:00 http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/05/sunder_and_sund.php Some law firms continue to use mass, automated phone calls to solicit personal-injury business. Listen to the phone message here, recorded last night at home as a firm trolls for plaintiffs who suffered health troubles after heart surgery. Saturday is... Carter Wood 2008-05-09T08:05:50-05:00 http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/05/friday_follies_152.php Don't think even the Employee Free Choice Act will be enough to stop Cobra Commander.... Friday Follies Carter Wood 2008-05-09T07:47:59-05:00 http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/05/why_not_a_brook.php Reading for this week's Park City Center for Public Policy "Defending Cyberspace" conference -- which went very well, we hear -- we encountered the phrase "Manhattan Project." It actually turns up with some frequency. Chertoff Describes `Manhattan Project` for Cyber-defenses... Carter Wood 2008-05-09T06:58:02-05:00 http://blog.nam.org/archives/2008/05/from_central_am.php A letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi from the ambassadors from Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.Latin America and the United States are joined by geography, culture and common values. For many years, the exchange of goods... Trade Carter Wood 2008-05-08T21:09:07-05:00