Essay 4408

Laboring through another MultiCultClassics Monologue…

• A U.N. report showed U.S. workers lead the planet in productivity, spending more time in the office, at the factory or on the farm than our peers in Europe and most other rich nations. “Rich nations” is probably the key term here, fellow workers.

• Rap mogul Russell Simmons is working on a new line of clothing targeting urban enthusiasts closer to his own age (49). The stuff will probably be produced in third-world nations by children nowhere near Simmons’ age.

• Dina Matos McGreevey, ex-wife of former New Jersey Governor James E. McGreevey, said she can relate to the wife of Sen. Larry Craig. Matos McGreevey had to stand by when her ex-husband told the world he was “a gay American” and resigned from office. “I was watching his wife the other day standing next to him, and I thought, ‘Oh my gosh, that was me three years ago. Now here we go again,’” said Matos McGreevey. “She’s a victim of the choices he’s made.” Um, somebody tell Matos McGreevey that Sen. Craig denies being gay.