[PEN-L:197] Re: pen-l format: removing the prefix from the subje

1998-05-23 Thread Bill Rosenberg
I like it the way it is! Bill Is it possible - without a lot of work - to remove the [PEN-L:xxx] prefix from the subject line? The prefix (actually just the message number) screws up Netscape's threading, which makes reading a series of related comments much less convenient. Does

[PEN-L:204] experts

1998-05-23 Thread Ellen Dannin
Is anyone on Pen-L familiar with these two economists? Dwight Lee and Robert Vandenberg from the Econ dept at the University of Georgia They are being advanced as experts in a trial. Their role is supposed to be to examine the work of a labor researcher -- essentially using social science

[PEN-L:208] Re: experts

1998-05-23 Thread Ellen Dannin
How would you assess him? To give you the background, in the case that Beverly Enterprises has filed against Kate Bronfenbrenner, a noted labor researcher, Beverly has requested all her research and wants it to be examined by these two economists to determine whether her methodology is

[PEN-L:212] Re: Trade Unions and internationalisation or: Let's move on

1998-05-23 Thread Michael Perelman
Dennis wrote about the hard work required to get the union movement on track. On LBO, Rakesh wrote about the accusation of the divisiveness of identity politics. On Marxism, Carrol Cox just wrote about the superior organizational strength of the status quo vs. the left. Here we are on pen-l.

[PEN-L:211] The Bomb

1998-05-23 Thread michael
Norman Solomon says that India's intention to explode the bomb was relatively open and that the U.S. certainly knew, regardless of the supposed CIA oversight. Others have said that India is serving a useful purpose by giving the U.S. the go-ahead to begin more weapons testing. Is the U.S. so

[PEN-L:206] Re: Trade Unions and internationalisation or: Let's move on

1998-05-23 Thread michael
Bill Rosenberg wrote: What approach should unions take to international trade and investment agreements such as APEC, the WTO, MAI? Fight 'em all the way. There are two main approaches represented. The first is that of the ICFTU. I don't think I'm caricaturing it when I summarise it

[PEN-L:205] Re: experts

1998-05-23 Thread michael
I don't know of Vandenberg. Here are some articles by Lee: Atlas Shrugged Brings Economics to Life AU: Allen,-Candace-A.; Lee,-Dwight-R. SO: Journal-of-Private-Enterprise; 10(1), Summer 1994, pages 79-91. AI: No AN: 0370174 I: Vouchers--The Key to Meaningful Reform AU: Lee,-Dwight-R. SO:

[PEN-L:203] Re: The Death of Frank Lovell

1998-05-23 Thread Doug Henwood
Louis Proyect wrote: In the United States, there were many supporters of Pablo. Could a connoisseur explain to me what "Pabloism of the Second Mobilization" is, the crime for which Jan Norden Co. were expelled from the Sparts? Doug

[PEN-L:199] Re: pen-l format: removing the prefix from the subject line

1998-05-23 Thread Barnet Wagman
That would be great. (I'm very big on threads - among other advantagous, using them let's me extinguish a whole series of flames and counter-flames with one push of the delete key.) Thanks __ Barnet Wagman [EMAIL PROTECTED] 773-645-8369 2118 W.