E.J. Dionne has a probing commentary about Labor Day on Commonweal's Web Exclusive:
Labor Lost
How workers vanished
from our national consciousness
By E. J. Dionne Jr.
Let's get it over with
and rename the holiday "Capital Day." We may still celebrate Labor
Day, but our culture has given up on honoring workers as the real creators of
wealth and their honest toil -- the phrase itself seems antique -- as worthy of
genuine respect.
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