The Swiss Take Aim at Executive Excess

The Swiss Take Aim at Executive Excess

Something astounding is happening in Switzerland. For the first time ever, citizens in a modern nation are voting on whether to create what essentially amounts to a “maximum wage.” On November 24, the Swiss will vote on a ballot initiative that bans any...
Genetically Engineered Truth

Genetic Engineering Lies Prevail Again

If you doubt that big money and lies can pervert elections, look at Initiative 522 in Washington State. A grassroots coalition of consumers, organic producers, environmentalists, and others who want honesty in food labeling put it on the ballot. They lost. The measure...
CEOs Against Grandmas

CEOs Against Grandmas

David Cote, the CEO of Honeywell, has more than $134 million in his personal retirement fund. If I were sitting on a nest egg that big, I might feel a bit sheepish about telling ordinary grandmas and grandpas to take a cut in their Social Security payments. But Cote —...
This Week in OtherWords: November 13, 2013

This Week in OtherWords: November 13, 2013

This week in OtherWords, Peter Hart debunks the myth of a “grand bargain” that requires Social Security benefit cuts, Jim Hightower points out that taxpayers shouldn’t help JPMorgan Chase cover the cost of its $13 billion in fines, and Jill...