Commentary
A Blog-Poster’s Code of EthicsIf you’re in search of scurrilous, spiteful, and vilifying prose, the nation’s archives of political writing are a fine place to start. In the eighteenth century, the framers of the U.S. Constitution faced all manner of calumny in the newspapers of their day. The slavery debates of the nineteenth century were rancid with verbal abuse. By the early twentieth century, yellow journalism was as drenched in vituperative accusation as it was devoid of verifiable accuracy. But I suspect that none of this holds a candle to today’s nastiness….
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Popularity of Shift from Communism to Democracy Declines in 6 Nations
For more information, see this week’s Research Report.
What They're Saying
No Connection“It makes it much easier for the drug companies to pony up the $80 billion because they’ll be making more money.”
– Steven Findlay, senior healthcare analyst with advocacy group Consumers Union, quoted in a New York Times piece on Monday. The Times reports that U.S. drug companies are jacking up prices ahead of [...]
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Britain’s Top Bankers Must Pass Ethics Test to Run Their InstitutionsBritain’s top bankers will be given what amounts to an ethics test to see if they are fit to run their institutions, the nation’s regulatory agency said last week.
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Prosperity“If prosperity is regarded as the reward of virtue, it will be regarded as the symptom of virtue.”
– G. K. Chesterton (English journalist and author, 1874-1936)
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