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Fair Harvard: Larry Summers, ‘The Social Network’ & A Social Contract

Published July 21st, 2011 by Peter Kinder

In ‘The Social Network’, the Winklevoss twins appeal to then Harvard President Larry Summers to force Mark Zuckerberg to honor his commitments to them. The scene is hysterically funny: …

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William Blake’s ‘The Schoolboy’: Comments by Brother George

Published July 20th, 2011 by Peter Kinder

Thanks to my brothers, George and Tom, and the singer-songwriter Greg Brown, late in middle age I’ve come to admire William Blake. ‘Admire’ is far too weak a verb. …

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‘Tabloid’: Morris on the Mormon Manacler

Published July 19th, 2011 by Peter Kinder

If you’re looking to keep cool and be very entertained, go see Errol Morris’s ‘Tabloid’. Here are the spot-on first lines of Dana Stevens’s review on Slate: Errol…

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Ron Paul on Deficit Deceits: Endless Wars & Sacred Cows

Published July 19th, 2011 by Peter Kinder

Business Insider’s Joe Weisenthal calls attention to the speech of US Rep. Ron Paul (R. Tex.) today on the House floor. I’ve copied below its first six paragraphs…

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Perps Get Theirs; We Get Ours: James Carroll on Law and Order

Published July 12th, 2011 by Peter Kinder

Schadenfreude! Schadenfreude!! I’ve been singing that to myself for weeks. My favorite German word scans perfectly into the opening bars of the ‘Ode to Joy’ in Beethoven’s Ninth…

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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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Actor Bites Tabloid: Hugh Grant Blows Whistle on News of the World — In April

Published July 10th, 2011 by Peter Kinder

I’ve not seen US coverage of Hugh Grant’s whistle blowing on the News of the World hacking. This clip from the BBC came via the invaluable Naked Capitalism…

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‘Highway Patrolman’: Bruce Springsteen (& Johnny Cash) on Brothers

Published July 4th, 2011 by Peter Kinder

I am in Newport, R.I., celebrating the 4th with my three brothers. I have thought a lot about brothers over the past couple of weeks. The tragedy –…

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The Isolated Board: A Perspective on Governance Today

Published June 29th, 2011 by Peter Kinder

Boston College Law School & The Boston College Carroll School of Management’s Center for Corporate Citizenship Directors’ Intensive Program on Corporate Governance Panel: Beyond the Quarterly Report: Managing Risk and…

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