Random Notes: Re-segregation; IDA & NSA; and Disinvestment

Published July 12th, 2014 by Peter Kinder

On second reading, ‘Segregation Now…’ by Nikole Hannah-Jones which appeared in the May Atlantic hits like Katrina and leaves in its wake – stripped of self-congratulatory, MLK-day delusions –…

Time to Derail Fast-Tracked Trade Treaties

Published January 19th, 2014 by Peter Kinder

Treat trade treaty texts like Rorschachs and you’ll discern Black Helicopters. But instead of Blue Helmets, they’re filled with pin-striped Armanis. *** This morning, the Boston Globe…

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‘Follow the Money’: A Shaggy Dog Story About a Rule Rarely Applied Right

Published June 20th, 2013 by Peter Kinder

Three months before the Watergate Bunglers were caught – 41 years ago on June 17 – I finished the best[1] course of my university and law school years.…

The Sands of (Our) Time: Casinos, Regulations & Elections

Published October 26th, 2012 by Peter Kinder

Of the business visionaries of the 20th century, none was greater than Meyer Lansky (1902-83). Crime writer and poker expert, James McManus, described him a decade ago in…

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The Thalidomide Apology: A Study in Corporate Accountability

Published September 2nd, 2012 by Peter Kinder

‘German drug firm makes 1st apology for thalidomide’ So reads the headline of an August 31 Associated Press story by Frank Jordans and Maria Cheng.[1] Gruenenthal Group‘s…

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To ‘People’s pockets! Human beings, my friend’, Romney on Where Corporate Earnings Go: An Important Statement Misheard

Published August 14th, 2011 by Peter Kinder

Progressives have roasted Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney for telling Iowa State Fair goers that corporations were people. Rants about ‘corporate personhood’ popped up everywhere. But ‘corporate personhood’ is…

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More Murdoch All The Time: Mogul & Monarch in the Strib

Published July 11th, 2011 by Peter Kinder

For many years before my son moved to the Twin Cities, I subscribed to the Minneapolis Star Tribune’s daily news feed. Besides good reporting – the Strib is one…

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‘Teaching Sustainability Has Benefits for Big Business’

Published April 19th, 2011 by Peter Kinder

Another good Miller-McCune.com report, this time by Carrie Madren, on the payoffs of teaching the science of sustainability to employees. The focus is on HSBC’s savings. But the real payoffs…

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‘Home is Where the Heart is’: Homeland vs. Heartland

Published December 8th, 2010 by Peter Kinder

Of the Orwellian responses to 9/11, ‘Homeland Security’ is the worst. The phrase brings to mind a great-coated soldier with a German police dog at his left side and a…

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