The Countertop Chronicles

From the New York Times, on the state of the economy

A small, dark-haired, steady-handed man named Augusto Lovato, who speaks more Spanish than English, hunched over a drawing board in a quieter room off the main floor, a dusty lamp nearby. Peering though an old magnifying glass at a copper plate, he expertly cleaned the serifs and curls.

“This is a real economy,” Mr. Donnelly said of the printing business. “This is not that bogus economy of Wall Street. This country used to manufacture things.”

God Bless Him. Read the rest of the article too. Its a pretty interesting piece on the firm that won the bid to produce inaugural invitations. Their a union shop, and I suspect thats why they won, but then its nice to see private industry handle this instead of the Government Printing Office.