Wednesday, August 23, 2017

The Veto Power of the U.S. President

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On September 12, 1787, in the U.S. Constitutional Convention, Gerry claimed that the "primary object of the revisionary check on the ...

Judicial Ethics: Friendship and Philanthropy

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Harlan Crow was a Dallas real estate magnate and a major contributor to conservative causes. He did many favors for his friend, Clarence T...

The Flemish and Walloons: Worlds Apart?

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I contend that the cultural differences between the Flemish and Walloons within Belgium have been exaggerated to such an extent that the ...

Ronald Reagan

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Ronald Reagan’s extolling of individualism amid the problem that he saw as government itself resonated with the religious overtures of Amer...

Banning Corporate Earmarks: Too Broad?

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In March 2010, the U.S. House Appropriations Committee banned earmarks to for-profit companies. Had such a ban been in place in 2009, it wo...

The Keynesian Drug: America’s Achilles' Heel

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Keynes posited that government deficit-spending could boost an economy’s output of goods and services when it is short of full-employment. ...

On the Ethics of Legislating

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The means by which a bill becomes a law are sometimes referred to “how sausage gets made” because they are not suited for public display. ...
Saturday, August 19, 2017

A European Utility Re-Envisioning Energy: An Opportunity for Visionary Leadership

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When Eneco began a business called CrowdNett in which the company would sell large home-batteries to people having solar panels, the Dutch ...
Friday, August 18, 2017

The U.S. House of Representatives: An Aristocratic Democracy-Deficit?

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The abrupt resignation of Jesse Jackson, Jr., from the U.S. House of Representatives in 2012 only weeks after being re-elected gave Democra...

Pressuring Employees to Act as Lobbyists on the U.S. Debt: Ethical?

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How far a boss can ethically become involved in an employee’s political role as a citizen is a question perhaps more important than wheth...

Massey Mining: Beyond Regulations

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Massey Energy Co. owned the mine in West Virginia where 29 minors were killed in an explosion in 2010. Faulty water nozzles failed to stop...
Wednesday, August 16, 2017

From Visionary Leadership to Management: Taking a Bite Out of Apple

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Founders and otherwise visionary leaders in business can be distinguished from managers, even though a manager may be running a company. F...

The Essence of Leadership

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In  The Essence of Leadership , leadership itself is reformulated in such a way that what emerges—the essence of leadership—is distinct fro...
Tuesday, August 15, 2017

U.S. Government Debt: A Constitutional Moment?

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The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued a report in June 2011 indicating that the debt of the U.S. Government had reached a dangerous...

Nature's Racial Melting-Pot: The American Empire

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The 2010 U.S. census reignited the question of racial identity among multi-racial residents.  “I can’t fit in a single box on the census fo...