Martingevans
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LATEST ARTICLES ( 114 )
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Right Back at Those Republicans, Sir
Letter about Obama's Economic Appointees in the Boston Globe.Article on how to negotiate with the recalcitrant which provides theoretical support for the views... Read more
Posted on 11 June 2011 SELF EXPRESSION -
States Secrets Blocks Resolution of Contractors' Case
The two recent decisions by the Supreme Court not to intervene in State Secrets cases means we have to seek a legislative solution (State Secrets Block... Read more
Posted on 03 June 2011 SELF EXPRESSION -
Let Shareholders Decide
I strongly agree with John Bogle's view that shareholders should have the final say in how corporate funds are distributed for political purposes (The Supreme... Read more
Posted on 29 May 2011 SELF EXPRESSION -
States Loosen Insurance Rules
I cannot believe that the states are encouraging irresponsible behavior by the Insurance Companies (Seeking Business, States Loosen Insurance Rules. New York... Read more
Posted on 29 May 2011 SELF EXPRESSION -
Business Focus
Two stories in today's New York Times discouraged me. First was the continuing and long standing complaint that the Nuclear Regulatory Commisision was a... Read more
Posted on 29 May 2011 SELF EXPRESSION -
Preventing the Next Flash Crash
The op-ed by Ed Kaufman and Carl Levin (Preventing the Next Flash Crash, New York Times, May 6, 2011) calls for increased regulation of the financial markets... Read more
Posted on 29 May 2011 SELF EXPRESSION -
Furloughs, but Paydays for the Brass
Your story about the management excesses at Gannett at a time when the firm was laying off staff and insisting that the survivors take furloughs shows the... Read more
Posted on 29 May 2011 SELF EXPRESSION -
Legality 1, Reality 0
What kind of mindset inhabits the brains of the senior officials of the Justice Departments (Detainees' Lawyers Can't Click on Leaked Files. New York Times,... Read more
Posted on 06 May 2011 SELF EXPRESSION -
De Leo's Plan
The only vision that Speaker DeLeo's plan will instantiate is a world enjoying a downward spiral of inferior jobs, and inferior pay, and inferior benefits... Read more
Posted on 06 May 2011 SELF EXPRESSION -
The Prison That Won't Go Away
President Obama has decided to keep open the military prison at Guantanamo and will continue trial by Military Commission (The Prison That Won't Go Away, New... Read more
Posted on 19 March 2011 SELF EXPRESSION -
Obama's New Gitmo Policy
If there is one thing that George Bush did that destroyed America's image in the world, it was the sequestering of terrorist suspects in the prison at Guantanam... Read more
Posted on 12 March 2011 SELF EXPRESSION -
Thanks to MoJo for Breaking the Rules
Here is my letter in the Boston Globe.Here is the article I was responding to:A fine weave of family, Read more
Posted on 26 February 2011 SELF EXPRESSION -
The Fact Is, Abortion is Dangerous to Women
Ms. Fraga is wrong (Letters, February 8, 2011).She is implicitly comparing the current situation with an ideal world where there is no abortion. But that is... Read more
Posted on 26 February 2011 SELF EXPRESSION -
Rating Agencies Struggle
Your discussion of the continuing failure of the rating agencies fails to mention the one real reform that would provide incentives to the agencies to provide... Read more
Posted on 09 January 2011 SELF EXPRESSION