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The Myth of Maximizing Shareholder Value
So many of the assertions made about “maximizing shareholder value” are false that they should be assumed to be a lie until proven otherwise.
Crimea and Punishment
US politicians and pundits want the American people to get so upset about Crimea's decision to split with Ukraine and rejoin Russia that they will support more US military …
Did Wisconsin Cut Women’s Cancer Screening To Avoid Medicaid Expansion?
As of July 1, Wisconsin's well woman program will be restructured, resulting in no more than 10 coordinating agencies and only a handful of providers to cover the entire …
Debating Secrecy Vs. a Free Press
The US government's campaign against “leakers” has pushed together some odd media bedfellows, with representatives of the mainstream news media joining with more active players who help disseminate government …
Women Republicans Try To Explain Why Women Don’t Need Equal Pay
Using women as campaign surrogates was expected to help Abbott better relate to women voters' needs. Unfortunately, Abbott's campaign spokeswomen aren't any better at addressing the GOPs failure when …
An End to “The Hole”? Six Signs That Solitary Confinement Reform Is Coming
Solitary confinement, which involves keeping an inmate alone in a small cell from 22 to 24 hours a day, doesn't just happen in faraway places like Iran. Roughly 80,000 …
Michelle Bachelet Returns To Her Old Job, Being President Of Chile
Michelle Bachelet's first term as president of Chile ran from 2006 to 2010. After her term as president ended, she was chosen to head “UN Women,” a newly created …
There’s No Substitute For the Government
There never was a Golden Age of purely voluntary, and what charitable support mechanisms existed were not up to the challenges of the Second Industrial Revolution of the late …
Crimea and Punishment
Russia's brazen annexation of Crimea presents a vexing foreign policy crisis for the Western powers.
Army Makes Case Against Enlisting
Remarkably, the US Army War College has published a report that makes an overwhelming case against enlisting in the US Army.