What do a New Mexico city council, a New York City legal institute, and a San Francisco politician have in common? All are working to further erode a basic economic freedom in America — the right of employers to freely negotiate compensation with employees.
Fraudulent reporting by Jayson Blair should dislodge the New York Times as the paper of record. Such a downsizing should have happened long ago because of a writer whose lapses were worse. Mr. Blair filed stories from places he had not been, freighted with fabricated quotes and information either bogus or stolen.
