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Ethical Challenges

This is a little ‘off topic’, but the constant stream of revelations about unpaid taxes that seems to be bedeviling Obama’s various staff and cabinet nominations is embarrassing. Not necessarily for him, but for the country. I believe that one of the deeper causes of our current malaise is the intellectual and ethical failure of […]

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The Stimulus Debate: A Medium Term View

It seems that everyone is now weighing in on the stimulus package. And with good reason. As it exists now the assortment of bits and pieces included in the plan represent a mixture of sensible immediately effective expenditure, along with what appears to be a wish list of projects that the Democrats in the House […]

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A Rant About Bonuses; Then the Lesson to Be Learned

First: allow me to rant: Twice in the recent past we have been witness to the enormous cultural gap that separates senior corporate executives, and their coterie of hangers-on, from the rest of us. The first instance was the absurd trio of auto maker CEO’s flying into Washington on their private jets in order to […]

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