The Worden Report
Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Nietzsche on Bank of America

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The positive correlation between incompetence and unethical conduct at companies is striking, for, theoretically at least, a person can be ...
Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Angela Merkel: Leading Germany in the E.U.

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In the E.U. state of Germany, Angela Merkel had her work cut out for her in getting her coalition to carry the German House, or Bundestag. ...
Monday, August 29, 2011

In the Eye of the 24/7 News-Cycle: Profits & Attention-Seeking

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For abo ut a week toward the end of August 2011, the news networks in the U.S. seemed utterly captivated, or obsessed, with Hurricane “Irene...
Friday, August 26, 2011

The Payroll Tax Cut: A Luxury?

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As U.S. deficits and thus the federal government's debt had been increasing since the Clinton Administration in the late 1990s, proposal...

Social Media in the UK: Protests and Criminal Activity

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Officials from the E.U. state of Britain met with representatives of Twitter, Facebook and Blackberry on August 26, 2011 “to discuss volunt...
Thursday, August 25, 2011

Refinancing Mortgages: Only for the Rich?

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According to the U.S. Government, prices of homes with government-backed mortgages fell 5.9% in the second quarter of 2011 from a year earl...
Wednesday, August 24, 2011

States Bypassing the E.U.: A Problem for Federalism?

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In August 2011, opposition was mounting among state governments to the Finnish-Greek bilateral deal wherein Greece would pay Finland 500 mi...
Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Eurobonds: The Solution to the E.U.’s Debt Crisis?

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One possible solution to the E.U.’s debt crisis may be debt issued by an E.U. government agency and vouched for by all 17 state governmen...
Friday, August 19, 2011

Two Tiers Fiscally in the E.U.: Too Simplistic

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The main question regarding E.U. reforms oriented to preventing state governments from being overburdened with debt has been stated by Steph...
Thursday, August 18, 2011

Fraud at S&P: A Conflict of Interest

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By the summer of 2011, the U.S. Government had brought relatively few cases against large financial institutions for their roles in the fin...
Monday, August 15, 2011

Congressional Earmarks: A Personal Conflict of Interest

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Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) runs his local district office down the hall from where he runs his businesses worth hundreds of millio...
Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Diplomatic Pressure and Human Rights: The Case of Assad in Syria

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It is perhaps telling that the world was more or less content, as of 2011, to rely on diplomatic pressure in the idyllic hope that it is su...
Tuesday, August 9, 2011

The London Riots of 2011: Protesting Police Power

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Over three nights of rioting in London after the police shooting of a 29-year-old father of four, over 450 people had been arrested and 44 ...
Monday, August 8, 2011

What Is a Member-State?

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It is easy to get locked into a certain way of viewing something, even if the perspective, it turns out, has more to do with one’s epoch tha...
Saturday, August 6, 2011

Charismatic Leadership: A Reply

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I am particularly taken by the following passage from Edith Luc’s essay on charismatic leadership: “(I)t is risky, almost utopist to wait o...
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