MorningWalk by Tom Ehrich
Prosperity for the Many, not the Few
September 3, 2012
By Tom Ehrich In my early days with The Wall Street Journal, I helped to cover the steel industry in Pittsburgh. US Steel had installed a lawyer as CEO. He knew nothing about making or selling steel. His only strategy, as I recall, was to defeat the United Steelworkers union. As a result, Big Steel missed a critical advance in steelmaking technology and found itself with aged mills making ...
Three Preachers Gol Into a Pulpit...
August 30, 2012
By Tom Ehrich Let's make up a preacher joke. A Southern Baptist preacher stands in the pulpit, waves the American flag, excoriates the President, and calls for constitutional amendments banning abortion and same-gender marriage. “Alleluia!” his people shout. “Let 'em have it!” A black AME preacher speaks forcefully against oppression of minorities, income gaps in ...
Protect the Right to Vote
August 28, 2012
By Tom Ehrich My father was a “Taft Republican,” the conservative wing of the GOP led by Sen. Robert Taft. When Gen. Eisenhower prevailed at the 1952 GOP convention, my father loyally began to work for Ike's election. Most important, he worked every election at the voting station near our home in Indianapolis. He considered it his civic duty. I never agreed with his political ...
Turn Nightmare into Jewel
August 21, 2012
By Tom Ehrich Bryant Park is alive! The main lawn of the 9.6-acre Paris-style park behind the New York Public Library in Midtown is already filled with people waiting for tonight's free movie on an enormous screen. Children ride the merry-go-round, Le Carrousel, while parents snap photos. Young professionals crowd the outdoor cafe, one of Midtown's prime meeting sites. Every small green table ...
