Without the COVID-19 pandemic driving the news cycle, some political figures on Capitol Hill are back to their favorite pastime: making big business America’s boogeyman.
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Without the COVID-19 pandemic driving the news cycle, some political figures on Capitol Hill are back to their favorite pastime: making big business America’s boogeyman.
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Read More »May 20, 2022 Leave a comment
The founders of the United States were intentionally building a nation based on the ideals of the Enlightenment, a movement centered on individual happiness, knowledge and reason. This new approach to defining a country – rather than basing it on ...
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When people living in poverty in countries like Malawi, Indonesia and Ecuador receive cash payments without having to do anything in return, they have better health, according to a scientific review of a large body of research. To reach that ...
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The leaked draft of Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which has sent shock waves across the United States, indicates that a majority of Supreme Court justices will likely overturn the constitutional right to an ...
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Read More »May 9, 2022 Comments Off on Trust-based philanthropy is growing in popularity
With most foundations, the board of directors and top executives set all funding priorities. Nonprofits seeking money from those funders, in turn, must demonstrate an intention to do work that conforms to those priorities. The same system prevails with many ...
Read More »April 29, 2022 Comments Off on Policymakers must protect Maryland’s life sciences industry
Maryland’s biotech industry has been vital to the national COVID-19 response, from developing treatments to improving diagnostic tests. COVID-19 is not the first time our state led the nation’s response to a public health challenge. Maryland companies and organizations were ...
Tagged with: COVID-19 vaccines intellectual property life sciences industry Martin Rosendale
Read More »April 22, 2022 Comments Off on Do poison pills work? A look at Twitter’s anti-takeover tool
Takeovers are usually friendly affairs. Corporate executives engage in top-secret talks, with one company or group of investors making a bid for another business. After some negotiating, the companies engaged in the merger or acquisition announce a deal has been ...
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Read More »April 22, 2022 Comments Off on The pandemic’s gardening boom shows how gardens can cultivate public health
As lockdowns went into effect in the spring of 2020 to slow the spread of the coronavirus, reports emerged of a global gardening boom, with plants, flowers, vegetables and herbs sprouting in backyards and on balconies around the world. The ...
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Read More »April 21, 2022 Comments Off on Find out and fix what big data says about you
I thought I knew all about the information that consumer reporting agencies were collecting on me. Then I discovered The Work Number — a database that reports every paycheck I’ve received from my company, with net and gross amounts, going ...
Read More »April 18, 2022 Comments Off on The first principle is not to fool yourself
We spend so much time and money trying to protect and enforce our rights against others that we overlook threats from within ourselves. The famous physicist, Richard Feynman, said, “The first principle is not to fool yourself – and you ...
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