by Philip Farruggio | Dec 6, 2020 | Blog
Spanning some 60 years of employment, this writer has some conclusions. Of course, these are from my own personal experiences. Yet, having spoken with a myriad of working stiffs over the years, perhaps this analysis is valid. During those 60 years of work, I think...
by Philip Farruggio | Nov 30, 2020 | Blog
Ok, you all should know about blood transfusions. Watch any of the hospital shows on the boob tube and see how, in dire emergencies, they rush to do blood transfusions. Well, guess what? The depression level financial crisis for us working stiffs is here. Now, many of...
by Philip Farruggio | Nov 27, 2020 | Blog
Go get Rick Perlstein’s great book Reaganland: America’s Right Turn, 1976-1980 and see how we got here from ‘There’, the turn to the right wing in the dawning of Reagan’s presidency. Even the slogan that Trump ‘borrowed’ from...
by Philip Farruggio | Nov 23, 2020 | Blog
We were all taught in grade school of the story of the ‘Trojan Horse’. In its war with Troy the Greeks built a gift of a giant horse. They informed the Trojans that, after 10 years of war, they had had enough. Once inside of Troy, the Greek horse, filled...
by Philip Farruggio | Nov 18, 2020 | Blog
The 1980 film Brubaker starring Robert Redford, based on a true story, had one scene that told it all. Reform warden Henry Brubaker gets fired for seeking to uncover past corruption surrounding the penitentiary. As he is walking away down the hallway, his friend...
