Word: moneyitis
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...unions. While free speech is integral to our democracy, this decision permits corporations and unions to use the media as a battleground for their own interests. “May the best man win” may as well read, “May the organization with the most money to give to their man win.” Smaller voices not linked to power hitters will likely be muted, and there will be a disproportionate effect on minor political issues where special interests can easily dominate. The power of name-brand loyalty and corporate marketing skills in the American...
...best way to cope with the potential ramifications is to mandate more transparency. If there is to be no ceiling on spending, then voters should claim the right to know which organizations are giving the most money and have the biggest influence. Transparency can grow through more widespread publishing of all groups who donate, forcing those who donate above a certain threshold to announce it in commercials. Just as voters have the right to know which groups have lobbyists in Congress, they should have the right to know who is indirectly financing candidates and to what degree...
There should be an ambulance at every high school game. There should be trainers. But don't bet on it, as school districts cry a lack of money. Kids will continue to suffer serious head injuries. Kids will continue to become paralyzed because they never learned how to properly tackle, with their heads up. The game's violence will continue because that's exactly why we like it, our gladiatorial lust still intact 16 centuries after the Romans. The bigger the hit, the greater the roar...
Because crew is such an exhausting sport, it’s easy to forget what a luxury it is. Everything about it—the travel, the boats, the oars, even the ergs—costs money. Even the best rowers in the world don’t turn a profit from it. Perhaps for these reasons, rowing has earned the reputation as a prep-school sport, one where the rich succeed...
...about scandals involving AIG, the New York Federal Reserve, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Bank of America—there are too many to list. We listen helplessly to members of congressional oversight panels who condemn them with their voices but continue to pay them with our money. Unemployment has risen to 10 percent. And now, they want our health-care...