Some of our international readers may not know that Labor 
Day, this Monday,�is the counterpart of Memorial Day - the official book-ends of summertime, but with both holidays�having solemn and important meaning.
Labor Day, of course, was designed to celebrate the trade union movement, which�succeeded in�raising the American blue-collar worker to the middle class. A very worthy accomplishment, but perhaps not a reason for a national holiday. So we ignore its meaning and make a long weekend out of it, which many seem to be beginning today.
Image: a 1920s worker's lunch bucket, made by Thermos, no doubt designed to contain a loving wife's preparing of a�thermos of coffee, a sandwich, an apple, and a hunk of cheese or something, and maybe a piece of chocolate for her hard-working man.
Fresh truffles, out of season, from Australia. A good thing.
US incomes rising. That's another good thing.
Class and politics. Fabrizio wonders whether the poor are tired of being politically exploited, when they could work - and shop - at WalMart. Am Spectator
Chavez taking golf courses for housing projects. So much for private property. Rule #1 of the Left:�Make the "little people" dependent on you, no matter what.
A propos of Labor Day, Maxed Out Mama takes on Marxism - and wins!
Are manatees dumb? Maybe so. NYT Science News
Legal bill-padding. What's OK, and what isn't. the Prof
Stephen Schneider - MIT's inconvenient scientist.
More on the ethanol scam. Synthstuff.�Many would be happier if they just called it corn alcohol and gave it�away free.
