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Reilly Steals Home: A.G. ''Deal'' With the Red Sox Was Simply Extortion

January 17, 2002 -- Using the power of his office, Massachusetts Attorney General Thomas Reilly was able to secure an extra $30 million for the Yawkey Trust. There is another word for this: extortion. Reilly wasn’t happy with the amount the Yawkey Trust was going to get from the Red Sox sale; he thought it should’ve been more and threatened a lawsuit to get it. This would have mired the Red Sox in months of legal battle, preventing them from going ahead with the sale of the team. With Reilly’s big stick hanging over their head, the Red Sox and John Henry had to agree to Reilly’s terms.

4 de Abril de 2010

3 min

Responsibility, Not Regulation

July 30, 2002 -- In the Business Ethics class I teach, my students ask, “Can a company be profitable and successful and still be moral?” My answer is always a resounding “Yes!” I explain to them that Enron and MCI Worldcom are exceptions. And they are, despite the seeming rash of such scandals recently. Business is a fundamentally moral activity. Like medicine, at its core it’s about the things most important to our lives. While the practice of medicine protects our health, business produces the rest of our values. And like medicine, business has its own version of the quack. Kenneth Lay is the business world version of the faith healer.

4 de Abril de 2010

3 min

Restoring Our World After September 11th

September 18, 2001 -- As the full impact of the barbaric terrorist attacks of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon unfolded, TV anchors, commentators, and community leaders invoked God and prayer as a means of personally dealing with all the tragedy of this attack. Communities and congregations organized prayer vigils and religious services. President Bush declared Friday, September 14, 2001, a "National Day of Prayer and Remembrance." For atheists, the call to a higher power for support or guidance is an empty one. Still, the reports of death tolls and lost loved ones leave a painful spiritual wound, even for the majority of us who do not personally know anyone whose life was stolen. We were witnesses to the worst terrorist attack in history, but now we need to rebuild and move on with our lives.

4 de Abril de 2010

3 min

Save NPR! Not!

August 14, 2002 -- The Internet is a wonderful tool. It allows for easier research, entertainment, and better communication with friends and relatives. But it also has spam. Junk email arrives every day with promises of riches and weight loss. These really don’t bother me; it only takes a second to press delete. What bother me are the petitions, in particular the petition to save public radio. I must get this petition every three or four months. “NPR funding is in danger of being cut!” “Congress is going to end public radio!” If only such things were true. These petitions, it turns out, are just one of the many urban legends floating around the Internet. NPR isn’t in any real danger of losing its taxpayer funding. But it should be.

4 de Abril de 2010

3 min

There Ought to Be a Law!

June 13, 2001 -- Here’s another one for the “There ought to be a law!” file: banning cell phones while driving. It is distracting and may even cause road rage in fellow drivers. There ought to be a law, right? With 40 states considering some type of ban on using cell phones while driving, most people think so. New York Governor George Pataki even issued an executive order banning state employees from using state-issued cell phones while behind the wheel. And the New York state legislature is considering a statewide ban. “There ought to be a law!” On the talk radio circuit, listeners and hosts alike complain about swerving drivers and near-miss accidents. On Capitol Hill, Congress holds hearings. “There ought to be a law!”

4 de Abril de 2010

3 min

Treating Like as Like: Arafat and the Axis of Evil

March 27, 2002 -- President Bush showed rare integrity and character in his actions after September 11. Relying on good principles, he led this country out of its shock and anger and towards justice and restoration. He has repeatedly vowed to root out the terrorist networks perpetrating violence and bring an end to the states sponsoring or aiding these networks. Wherever these terrorists are and whichever states support them, all will be treated alike; all will be brought to justice. However, even after our success against al-Qaeda, the administration has backpedaled on one of the best-known terrorist networks. Yassir Arafat and the PLO routinely aid and protect terrorists and have probably sponsored much terrorism directly.

4 de Abril de 2010

3 min

Finding a Personal Response to the Terrorist Attacks

October 9, 2001 -- As the full impact of the barbaric attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon unfolded, we realized that we were witnesses to the worst terrorist attack in history. And even for the majority of us who do not personally know anyone whose life was stolen, the reports out of New York and Washington left a painful spiritual wound. Events as horrific and terrifying as these attacks tear us from the normal context of our lives and throw us into a seemingly inescapable world of chaos and unknown terrors. These events destroy, at least temporarily, the connection we feel with reality. We feel lost, alone, and without a way to make sense of the world. It makes it hard, as many people experienced, to focus on mundane tasks and everyday activities. These lose their meaning and make our lives feel as if they are also without meaning.

Mar 18, 2010

3 min

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