| Jun 7, 2023 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyIn the Disney movie Frozen, the snowman Olaf famously said: “Some people are worth melting for.” But as Disney itself has discovered, extremist legislators are definitely not. All of corporate America needs to learn that lesson. Like many companies, Disney made...
| Oct 23, 2019 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyThe NBA has gotten itself into a bit of a situation. On October 4, acclaimed Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey tweeted in support of the continuing protests in Hong Kong. His simple, two-sentence tweet (which has since been deleted) has prompted an unlikely...
| Aug 31, 2016 | Environment / HealthIt’s the 100th anniversary of our national parks and in 2016, to date, I’ve visited Death Valley, Bryce Canyon, Zion, Yosemite, King’s Canyon, the Grand Tetons, and Yellowstone. The price tag for admission? $80. That’s the cost of an annual...
| Aug 3, 2016 | Economy / BusinessIt’s summer vacation time and gasoline is quasi-cheap. So why not pile the family into the mini-van and pay a visit to the historic Budweiser Statue of Liberty, or motor out west in your Camry to Toyota’s Yellowstone National Park? That’s right, our thoroughly...
| Jul 1, 2015 | Economy / BusinessFlorida’s Disney World bills itself “the happiest place on Earth.” But last year, some Disney World employees made so little they became homeless. Meanwhile, Disney paid CEO Robert Iger $46.5 million. That amounts to a stunning $248 a minute if he works 60...