The Worden Report
Friday, June 22, 2012

Corporate Hacks Dominate at Mr. Jefferson’s University

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The University of Virginia was thrown into a bit of an uproar in June 2012 after the university's president, Teresa Sullivan, ...
Thursday, June 21, 2012

Saving the E.U.: Beyond the Squabbles

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During the G-20 meeting in Mexico in June 2012, the E.U.’s financial mess was front and center. Francois Hollande wanted the European Ce...
Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Egypt’s Generals: “Boundary Issues”

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In a letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton in 1887, John Acton (1834-1902) wrote, “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupt...
Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Greek Austerity Win at E.U.’s Loss?

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According to one director of a public-debt consulting firm in the E.U., “In the realm of investor perceptions, Spain h...
Monday, June 18, 2012

France’s Hollande: Standing Above His Party’s Legislative Victory

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In the 2012 election of the E.U. state of France's legislative Assembly following the election of Francois Hollande to replace...
Wednesday, June 13, 2012

JP Morgan Chase on the NY Fed's Board

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The New York Fed allows private bankers to sit on its board, even while it crafts bank policy and puts together financial industry...

Same-Sex Marriage in the States of Washington and Britain

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R eporting on the objections of the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church to David Cameron’s “contentious plan to legalize same-...
Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Property Taxes: Property at Risk

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Thirty years after Californians shrank their property taxes by passing Proposition 13, the same question faced the people of North...
Monday, June 11, 2012

Warming Oceans: Humanity’s Death-Wish

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Released in 2012, a study published in Nature Climate Change found an "anthropogenic fingerprint" (human influence) on ...

Murdoch in Europe: Newsprint Wielded as a Personal Political Weapon

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Testifying in Europe on June 11, 2012 about the influence of Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers—and thus Murdoch himself—over the state government...
Friday, June 8, 2012

CNN’s Hosts: Hidden Agendas

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Hitting record-low ratings among total viewers and in the 25-54 age demographic, CNN had its overall lowest-rated month in April 2012 since ...
Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Pressuring E.U. States: The Debt Crisis as Leverage

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By mid 2012, the verdict was in on the German-led recipe for restoring states overwhelmed by public- or private-sector debt: Austerity is co...
Sunday, June 3, 2012

The Wisconsin Recall Election: A Predictor of the U.S. Presidential Election?

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According to Paul Abowd of the Center for Public Integrity in 2012, the election to fill the governor’s office in the wake of Scott Walker’s...

Mubarak Convicted in Egypt: A Precedent for Human Rights?

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On June 2, 2012, an Egyptian court sentenced former President Hosni Mubarak to life in prison for being an accomplice in the killing of unar...
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