How Generous Is the Bill Gates Foundation?

by | Mar 1, 2007

I once heard George Soros explain or rather rationalize his investment in a company that produces land mines while his charitable organization worked to remove them from locations they had been planted and end their use. He explained that someone was going to reap the...

The Jolly Green Giant

by | Jul 6, 2006

On July 26th Fortune Magazine released a cover story on Wal-Mart  under the banner “Wal-Mart Saves the Planet, well not quite…” Something is going on here that I’m not quite sure we understand. Whether you believe Wal-Mart is the devil incarnate or are a cheerleader...

How Much is Enough?

by | Jun 1, 2006

There was no shortage of complaining about the $147 million that Lee R. Raymond, retiring CEO of Exxon Mobil departed the company with. Exxon shareholders didn’t seem to mind. Why would they when large company CEO’s make on average 300 times what the average worker...