From an excellent article in reason.com: “Investing in socially responsible stocks just because they are socially responsible is not—underline not—a valid investment thesis,” says Steven Pines, a senior investment consultant for Northern Trust. “This crisis highlights the limitations of social research methods,” says Dirk Matten, who holds the Hewlett-Packard chair in corporate social responsibility at [...]
…is going on right now. And all I can say: he really is a class act. And I mean that in all seriousness. ..bruce w..
Given that Democrats control pretty much all levels of government here in Colorado, even I must confess some surprise at the following choices made for selected positions: The selection, and seeming consideration, of nothing but white males for three high-profile political positions has prompted substantial backlash from Colorado’s Latino political and business leaders who feel [...]
After my post yesterday about Sen. Dianne Feinstein sending two different shots across President-elect Barack Obama’s bow in one day (Tuesday), Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), the Senate Majority Leader, made his own statements as well in an interview he gave to The Hill on Tuesday as well: “Even though we’re one short of 60 [senators [...]
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) was an early (July 2007) endorser of Hillary Clinton’s run for the US Presidency. At the same time, Sen. Feinstein was the one who provided her DC home for a private meeting between Clinton and Obama last June that led to Clinton ending her campaign and endorsing Obama’s candidacy. So, Feinstein [...]
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Here’s the latest product announcement from Apple: Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard Did I mention that this was from The Onion? I suspect this is an older video, but I hadn’t seen it before. ..bruce w..
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I ran across this some months back and just found a link to it again. Some how appropriate for New Year’s Day (though it might have been more appropriate for New Year’s Eve): The time it took to put this together is a bit staggering. But impressive. ..bruce w..
Be Seeing You…
As has been reported elsewhere in the press, reclusive actor Patrick McGoohan died earlier today. The 17 episode series of “The Prisoner” was transformational in many ways for television. In an age of episodic television, where everything was resolved in 30 minutes and at the end nothing ever changes, McGoohan’s show was one enormous story [...]
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