There is a lot of talk these days about the difference between thinking of ourselves as consumers vs. citizens. And while we may sense that this difference is a pretty big deal, no one I know is able to immediately put their finger on what that difference actually means. What would change in how we… Continue Reading
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The Person I Wish Corporations Would Be
Listening to yet another pundit on yet another soapbox about corporate personhood today, I found myself talking back to the television. “The real issue isn’t that corporations are people,” I told the guy on the screen. “It’s that sometimes they are really crappy people.” The words startled me as they left my mouth. And they… Continue Reading
Language and the Devil’s Advocate
“I’m going to play devil’s advocate for a moment.” The conversation stopped. The room tensed up. The person to whom that line was delivered immediately got defensive, trying to maintain polite composure in a room full of people. That devil’s advocate was my friend Joe, and after everyone had gone back to niceties, Joe told… Continue Reading