10 kinds of people: Sustainable practitioners and the guzzlers

An interesting article from Computing for Sustainability.It takes some interesting perspectives and  reflections  upon  sustainbility  as a lifestyle choice  that at times needs focus and clarification.It cites also the importance of education."10...

Northern Exposure OpinionJournal John Fund

"n the words of GOP Sen. Tom Coburn, the bill "not only failed to drain the swamp, but gave the alligators new rights." Rather than block the legislation and insist on better reforms, image-sensitive Republicans largely backed the bill.Have they learned anything? They lost...

"Journalist" invades privacy of candidate's underage daughter. So here are th...

"There are two rampant pack of vultures in modern society. One group is politicians and the other is the press. Neither has much respect for people.[...]Giuliani’s daughter had a Facebook entry which was not available to the general public. As I understand it this was...

Senate Votes for More Disclosure on Earmarks & Lobbyist Contributions

"The Senate voted Thursday to make lawmakers disclose more about their efforts to fund pet projects and raise money from lobbyists, a move some called the biggest advance in congressional ethics in decades."

The prostitution of talent

Corporations will always behave like corporations no matter how ethical or creative their staffs become By Matt Hogan   As a student I’ve heard lots of hopeful rhetoric about the dawning of the Age of Enlightened Corporations, where businesses and other groups...

Wasting 20% of your Time at Work...You are not alone!

Even these 2 hours or so 'wasted' at work might be more than made up by all the work done remotely by all of the blackberry addicts amongst us. People over 40 tend to slack less, 36 minutes less on 8 hours that is. Stronger work ethics are to blame for this...

Albuquerque Public Schools leadership abdicates as role models

Last Wednesday, the APS school board adopted a comparatively meaningless and completely unenforceable code of ethics, as the standard of conduct to which they are "accountable". The decision to renounce their responsibilities as role models is indefensible. Which is why they...

A fascinating exploration of journalistic & blogging ethics

So, should a blogger write about slogans on an advertiser's site so that some buzz (hype) will be added to the blogosphere or information online? I agree with Harry McCracken of PCWorld. "Ultimately, I think there's a fairly clear bottom line here. If you're a journalist --...

Can reporters act like citizens in the US?

A recent story about where 143 journalists' political contributions went, got at least three of them fired or dropped from client papers. In a media world where transparency is a by-product of the whole blogs, search, connected, networked communication process, does this make...

Did Texas Congressman Michael Burgess break the rules? No, the rules just suck!

UPDATE - Originally, both houses of Congress applied the rules of postal franking to the distribution of emailed newsletters. That prevented the emailing of newsletters within 60 days of an election in which a senator was running and 90 days prior to an election where a...