September 2001 NewWork News Web Tips

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: FirstGov for Workers (Saturday, 9/1/01)
FirstGov is administered by the General Services Administration's Office of Governmentwide Policy, operates a number or sites, and provides access to sites operated by other branches of the federal government. Here's FirstGov for Workers, which is intended for government employees.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: International Salary Calculator (Sunday, 9/2/01)
Compare the cost of living in hundreds of locations around the world with this International Salary Calculator from USA Today.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The History of Labor Day (Tuesday, 9/4/01)
Here's The History of Labor Day from the United States Department of Labor.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Productivity Commission (Wednesday, 9/5/01)
The Productivity Commission is an agency of the Australian government and reviews and advises on microeconomic policy and regulation, including issues relating to productivity.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Shift Work (Thursday, 9/6/01)
Here are the potential problems and some possible solutions for those who work the night shift or alternate shifts. It's the Shift Work page from the Sleep Disorder Channel.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: America's Best Colleges (Friday, 9/7/01)
Who sez, and what does "best" mean? This is the new 2002 list of America's Best Colleges according to the criteria used by U.S. News, but their criteria have been in dispute recently. Our view is that the whole idea of treating higher education institutions each year as though it were an Academy Awards presentation ceremony should be re-examined. It may not be possible to exaggerate the significance of genuine knowledge, because the only alternative is ignorance, which has had a perfectly horrible record over many centuries. However, it certainly IS possible to exaggerate the significance of "credentials," degrees, which school one attended, and so on. Moreover, America's continuing preoccupation with such things may simply represent the last decaying remnants of European aristocratic attitudes to which America was intended as at least a partial antidote in the first place. We would like to see a time when bragging about one's titles or degrees or which school one attended, or whether or not one has ever attended any school, becomes about as socially unclassy as urinating on the sidewalk. Should you really expect deference depending on where you bought your copy of the New York Times? Should you feel second-rate if you didn't buy it at all, and, instead, read it thoroughly at the local public library? It seems that there are two essential questions: "Do I really know anything and can I really do anything?" If the answer to those questions is "yes," there aren't any other important questions. If the answer is "no," there aren't any other important questions either. It's best not to confuse means with ends.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Chronology of the History of Slavery (Saturday, 9/8/01)
This is not a world history of slavery, but, instead, a Chronology of the History of Slavery in the region that has become the United States. This ambitious project has been the work of Eddie Becker and is available in three segments: 1619-1789, 1790-1829, and 1830-the end.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Agricultural Economics Journals (Sunday, 9/9/01)
Here are two dozen scholarly journals dealing with agricultural economics.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Working Mother Websites (Monday, 9/10/01)
Here are 15 websites aimed at working mothers, with mini-mini-reviews of each included.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Yahoo's help sites (Monday, 9/17/01)
Today, we'd like to draw your attention to Yahoo, the most frequently visited site on the web, because they've done a nice job of listing the various organizations whom you can contact in order to help the helper's help the victims of last week's national catastrophe. Here are the NY Firefighter's 9-11 Disaster Relief Fund, the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army's Disaster Relief Efforts, the United Way, the New York State World Trade Center Relief Fund, and Emergency and Relief Information in the Wake of the Terrorist Attack On the U.S. All, once again, come to you as a public service from Yahoo.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Response to Terrorism (Tuesday, 9/18/01)
Response to Terrorism is a new, frequently updated site from the United States Department of State.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Counter Terrorism Program (Wednesday, 9/19/01)
Here's a description of the Counter Terrorism Program from the Office of Emergency Preparedness, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Disaster Relief (Thursday, 9/20/01)
Disaster Relief offers a central source of disaster aid and information on the Internet. The site comes to you from the American Red Cross, CNN Interactive and IBM.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Airline Industry News Headlines (Friday, 9/21/01)
Here is a continuously updated listing of Airline Industry News Headlines from numerous news sources.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Perspective on Islam's relations with the West (Saturday, 9/22/01)
The Minneapolis Star Tribune offers historical perspective, an explanation for anti-Americanism in the Middle East, and some editorial advice on the need for careful diplomacy so as to avoid radicalizing the entire Islamic world while attempting to disable the global terrorist network.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Preparedness (Sunday, 9/23/01)
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) offers advice and guidance on preparing for a range of possible disasters. Now that many Americans are feeling more vulnerable, it's probably important to note that life is complicated, difficult, and dangerous by its nature, and there are plenty of other risks to take seriously besides those having to do with possible terrorist attack.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The objectives of the distribution of wealth in Islam (Monday, 9/24/01)
Here is at least one interpretation of the objectives of the distribution of wealth in Islam from an Islamic-oriented investment company and may help provide some insights into widespread attitudes toward the West in the Moslem world.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Articles about poverty (Tuesday, 9/25/01)
Here are a collection of artcles on poverty that have been published in the Atlantic Monthly.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The Airline History Website (Wednesday, 9/26/01)
You know about the airline industry's present, particularly how things have been during the past two weeks. Maybe it would be a good idea to give yourself a break from current stresses and take time out to look at its past. Here's the Airline History Website, which includes information about the history of individual airlines as well as about the industry as a whole.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Bilingual Jobs (Thursday, 9/27/01)
Bilingual Jobs is a specialized site for persons who speak more than one language and want to take advantage of that capability. Job opportunities involving many languages and locations are represented.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Economic Development Administration (Friday, 9/28/01)
The Economic Development Administration says that economic development is about making full use of land, labor, capital, and technology so as to increase production at national, state, or local levels. The EDA is part of the United States Department of Commerce.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: John Maynard Keynes (Saturday, 9/29/01)
During much of the mid- and late-20th century, John Maynard Keynes was a darling of American "liberals," with economic theory that emphasized fiscal policy and government spending as primary means for getting out of difficulties. Then, American politics entered a period during which it appeared that contemporary economic conservatives "won" many arguments, and Keynesian economics fell somewhat out of fashion, at least in Washington, D. C. However, it's a mistake to assume that words like "liberal" and "conservative" have consistent meanings across time, and, of course, much remains in the eye of the beholder. One person's "moderate" is another person's "radical" or "reactionary," depending on the ideological filters of observers. Ideologically--and you'll have to try not to be distracted by non-ideological issues such as Watergate or the Monica scandal--Nixon was almost a Democrat in some ways, and Clinton was almost a Republican while in the White House. In fact, on some issues, it appears that conservative President Nixon was a bit more "liberal" than liberal President Clinton. At any rate, it's time to take another look at Keynes, because the federal government appears to be getting ready to do some major spending in an effort to rescue the post-attack American economy. And who seems to be leading this Keynesian effort now? Why, "conservative" President George W. Bush, of course. Here's a description of John Maynard Keynes and his ideas, as well as a rich listing of resources, from traditionally "liberal" New School University in New York City, where "conservative" Republican Mayor Giuliani now seems to be popular with nearly everybody, including the "liberals." Confused? Well, it's most likely to be confusing for folks who rely on stereotypes and caricatures. Far less so for those who have been focusing on genuine underlying realities all along.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: CIA World Factbook: Afghanistan (Sunday, 9/30/01)
It's fairly likely that members of the United States Central Intelligence Agency have had Afghanistan on their mind quite a bit lately. If you would like an overview of the country in order to see it in terms of something other than the likely home of a major international terrorist, a loony government, and extreme poverty, the CIA's Factbook article on Afghanistan will be helpful.

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