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Should Business Leaders Apologize? Why, When and How an Apology Matters
Linda Stamato
Show Me the Money: A Proposal for Distributing Unclaimed Settlement Funds
Linda Stamato and Sanford Jaffe
State mandates and municipal burdens: Another challenge for Christie
Governor-elect Chris Christie ReutersIn the wake of his election victory, veritably the first week, Governor-elect Chris Christie has been confronted at least twice by those interested in his take on the binding arbitration of labor disputes, particularly those regarding salaries...
To encourage saving for retirement: Use research, change policy
Alan Cleaver's Piggy Bank Sometimes, it’s refreshing to note, research does have an impact on policy. A broad new initiative by the Obama Administration—to make it easier to save for retirement—demonstrates research in play.Academic research can illuminate public problems in...
"The Graduate" (and other theatrical delights in New Jersey): An ode to community theater
Mrs. Robinson and Benjamen, on stage, in Chatham's "The Graduate"There is wonderful professional and semi-professional regional theater in New Jersey in towns and cities and on university campuses, theaters that create, develop and produce new work (George Street Playhouse; Rutgers Mason Gross...
Pheasant season and the recession
The world continues to fall apart: foreclosures, job losses, individuals and companies filing for bankruptcy protection, unemployment--the reported figures, in double digits—not to mention wars, severe poverty and despair. And then there is pheasant hunting! and the impact of the recession on...
Benedict's invitation to the Anglicans: A decree to serve what purpose?
Through an Apostolic Constitution, Pope Benedict has invited Anglicans--not just individuals, but groups of individuals, parishes, even entire dioceses--to join the Roman Catholic Church. It's not much of a surprise; one could see it coming.. Pope Benedict: theologyforum.wordpress.com After all, seventeen...
Wrongful acts, insufficient apologies
Danish Tourist Board“I know this is really a long shot, but if you are out there and you see this—or anybody else who can help me sees this—please contact me.” Voice accompanying video on YouTube of a young Danish mother allegedly...
Organs for transplant: Increase the supply by making it easy to donate
Apple WebsiteApple's iphone “Here is a challenge to Mr. (Steven P.) Jobs: Why not create a Web site—and a free app for the iPhone—that lets people sign up as organ donors in their home states? Signing up to be an...
Grant human rights in New Jersey: Open records for adoptees
"In all of us there is a hunger, marrow deep, to know our heritage, to know who we are, and where we have come from. Without this enriching knowledge, there is a hollow yearning; no matter what our attainments in...
A political columnist returns: A good day for political coverage in New Jersey
We have more than our fill of discouraging news these days when it comes to newspapers, not to mention the dwindling numbers of outstanding reporters who write for them. So, it's worth noting a rare reversal: the return of a...
Labor Day, 2009: Revisiting Smithfield
Six months ago, I posted a blog, "Smithfield Justice: A hard victory for workers." And one year ago, on Labor Day, 2008, this one, "Reflections on Labor Day: Work Life in America" And, then, "Unions, Labor and the State of...
To save the sea (and its living creatures) use tax policy and good practices to end the plastic legacy
National Geographic SocietyPlastic fork, prominently placed on the sand, to symbolize the lasting impact of discarded plastic that ends up in the sea. "Until recently, the earth had seven continents...humans have added an eighth--an amorphous, floating mass of waste plastic...
GI Joe and the GI Bill
'GI Joe: The Rise of the Cobra' took in over $56.2 million this past weekend, and, overseas, about $44.3 million for a worldwide total of just over $100 million. Paramount Pictures promoted the film in a number of ways, not...
On the Waterfront: NJ gets yet another corruption headline
Ted Sherman's coverage of the latest episode of political corruption, "Waterfront Commission officials accused of corruption at N.J., N.Y. ports," as good as it is--and generating 80+ comments so far on www.NJ.com--doesn't go far enough in exposing what the NY...
Sister Grace, political scandal and avoiding the occasion of sin
As I think about the most recent corruption scandal that led to the arrests of mayors, state lawmakers and other public officials in New Jersey (and in New York), I can't help but see the promise in an early lesson...
Uncle Sam and Sallie Mae need to go their separate ways
"One way we can make college more affordable -- because a lot of young people have been asking me about this on the campaign trail -- is by reforming a wasteful system of student loans that benefits private banks at...
Driving dangerously: Suppressing research to make (bad) policy
In a series, "Driven to Distraction," The New York Times is examining the dangers of drivers using cellphones and other electronic devices as well as efforts to deal with the problems their use creates. In the initial article, "U.S. Withheld...
Student loans: Use public funds for college students, not for banks and private lenders
A bill introduced in Congress on Wednesday would end the bank-based guaranteed-student-loan program (and provide additional money for Pell Grants, expand the Perkins Loan program from the current $1-billion to $6-billion a year, while overhauling its structure). Introduced by the...
Paying the price to save journalism
"Who can afford to do professional work for nothing?" (Bill Gates, in a letter to hobbyists who were freely sharing a code he and his colleagues had written, in 1976, reprinted in Time magazine, February 16, 2009) The crisis...
Organs for transplant: Improving the supply by shifting the policy (from opting in to opting out)
Most people support organ donation and organ transplants but, as it turns out, they don't donate. Given the former, how do we encourage the latter? How does (or can) society encourage positive behavior? Should government attempt to affect certain decision-making...
Financing federally guaranteed student loans: No need for a "man in the middle"
Nick RomanenkoMore than 11,000 students received degrees from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, in May, 2009 Gail Collins sums up federal student loan finance in "When Sallie Met Barack" on May 28, 2009, in The New York Times,...
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