Opinion
Letters: 1/7/16 issue
Let there be peace
On Oct. 7, 2001, the United States began an attack on Afghanistan. It was billed as the “global war on terrorism.”
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The corporate fee game
The golden goose is flying high! That’s not some sort of nonsensical code used by spies, but an exultation by airline executives who’re thrilled by the surging success of their main line of business. Flying is, of course, what airlines are supposed to do, but ...
Don’t cry for Jamie Dimon, America
As CEO of JPMorgan Chase, this ruling mogul of Wall Street must now cope with the recently enacted financial reform bill, which imposes a host of new regulations meant to rein in the rip-offs, frauds and other excesses of Wall Street bankers...
A morally untenable corporate system
This will seem like a fairy tale now, but not so long ago, it was actually possible for CEO pay to constitute “an embarrassment of riches...
Classy banks
Another way that the rich are different from you and me is that their bankers serve freshly baked chocolate-chip cookies to them...
By axing parks, politicos are stealing the people
Sorry, we’re closed.” In one of the saddest signs of the times, this message is popping up all across the country as governors and legislators are cutting off funds (and shutting off access) to one of the finest, most popular assets owned by the people of our country...
Why do universities need a C.M.O.?
A new fad is sweeping across America’s university campuses — and it’s seriously goofy...