Tag Archives: Influence Peddling


Bingo in the Boardroom

Go down the S&P 500 list and ask any CEO, where is the Magna Carta in their corporate charters for “the freedom of speech that was the right of Englishmen”?  (Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Supreme Court of the United States, 129 S. Ct. 2893 on June 29, 2009)  Corporate governance is no more […]


Between the Cheat’s Political Sheets

Democracy is when two wolves and a sheep vote on what they will have for lunch. (Benjamin Franklin)  Instead of who pays the nation’s medical bills – we all do – better to ask who is getting paid?  It’s right there on the front page of The New York Times in “Fiscal Footnote:  Big Senate […]


Health Care’s Affliction of American Prosperity

Skyrocketing medical costs are a drain on national prosperity, a drag on employment and a damper on economic growth prospects.  “Since the start of the recession in December 2007, real health care spending…has increased by 12.7%…During this same period, real GDP excluding health spending fell by nearly 7% in mid-2009 and, with its recent decline, […]