Aurora Community Television

August 1, 2016 by

Where Have All the Restaurant Workers Gone?

The restaurants are back. Bravo! Across the country, restaurants are open or beginning to open. Cheers! But there is something amiss. Something unexpected and as-yet-unexplained is going on: There is a national shortage of restaurant workers. During the lockdown, I was among many who lamented the fate of those who prepped, cooked, served, and cleaned […]

Confessions of an Uncredentialed Man

Llewellyn King

In case you don’t know, it is, the White House has announced, Older Americans Month. They say, in the newspaper game, “Write what you know.” I find I know about being “older.” That sounds just a bit kinder than the bald “old.” Chalmers M. Roberts wrote a wonderful book, “How Did I Get Here So […]

Biden Is Sitting Atop a Technological Revolution, Not Leading It

Llewellyn King

When we look back on the convulsion that is going to reset America — the great technology-driven revolution that will extend to nearly every corner of American life — it may be named for President Joe Biden, but it won’t be his revolution. It is innovation’s revolution. He will help finance it and smooth it […]

Scorned Low-Level Radiation Could Save Many in India’s Crisis

Llewellyn King

“Why not?” Those words make up one of the most powerful rhetorical questions in the English language. Ersel Evans, the late nuclear visionary and my great friend, was famous for tackling difficult problems by saying, “Why not?” When he retired, his staff at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site presented him with a video of […]