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Day: October 25, 2011

‘Streetcar’ in Nevada City

25 October 2011

George Rebane Last Saturday night we went to dinner with friends, and then on to the evening presentation of Tennessee Williams’ classic ‘Streetcar Named Desire’ being performed at the Nevada Theater. There we saw a wonderful production of the dark drama that moved Marlon Brandon from its theater production and gave him his film start…
Administrivia – Comment posting problems (updated)

25 October 2011

George Rebane I've received emails from readers that comments don't post reliably or disappear after they are posted. Am working on this with TypePad. Please keep the faith since I don't know when they will get the problem fixed. Thank you. [update] The problem seems to have been fixed.
‘Employers, unemployment is your fault’

25 October 2011

George Rebane In the 24oct11 WSJ, Wharton School academic Peter Cappelli posits that employers are putting too much blame on schools for not turning out educated workers who can do the available jobs (here). Employers should instead take in the unqualified, and educate them in the skills needed as, he claims, they did in the…