Thursday, September 18, 2014

When At Fault... Countersue!

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Schoolyard bullies can often get their way simply with the threat of violence. If you've been punched once, you may just surrender your ...
Monday, September 15, 2014

Wouldn't You Like to Know What Ed-Tech Companies Know About Your Kids?

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We all know that companies collect an amazing amount of information about us from our online wanderings, although it's possible that man...
Wednesday, August 27, 2014

When is Discrimination Apparently Not Discrimination?

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It seems that if you discriminate on the basis of economics, that's OK. Today's New York Times has an interesting Mireya Navarro ...
Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Write Well and Keep Our Advertisers Happy

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Imagine, for a moment, that you are the chief executive of a major magazine publishing company. These are tough days in the print publicati...
Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Who Lives? Who Dies? You Decide.

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Medical history is rife with the stories of unethical research (e.g., Tuskegee syphilis experiments; Centers for  Disease Control comments h...
Monday, August 11, 2014

If You're Planning on Bringing Out the Big Guns...

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...Please make sure they're aimed correctly. Over the weekend, I read the full-page ad that "Authors United" ran in the Ne...
Wednesday, August 6, 2014

The Only Reason I'm Not Boycotting Market Basket Is...

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... There isn't one in my neighborhood. But as a native Bay Stater, I've been following the extraordinary story of grocery workers...