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Labor Unions Don’t Raise Wages (and Other Harsh Truths)

Published on April 12, 2026 By sirrahc

Some people love unions, some people hate them, and others just tolerate them as an unavoidable reality in their lives. Fortunately, I’ve never been pressured into joining a labor union nor had to deal with one from the management side. For a long time I just assumed that doing so was pretty much as we […]

Pros & Cons of Online Debates and Discussions

Published on August 25, 2013 By sirrahc

“Use soft words and hard arguments.”  — English proverb “Soft words are hard arguments.”  — Thomas Fuller (emphasis mine) Among the various books I have in progress, lately I’ve been reading Arguing with Friends: Keeping your friends and your convictions by Paul Buller. It’s a relatively thin book, but I only read 2 or 3 […]