Reply #32: I ripped into the WSJ in class this week ...

[Lisa]

Put the article up on an overhead screen in front of 150 students, and used it as a case study. We were examining why corporations are encouraged to do immoral things, and I noted that with this kind of negative reinforcement, most companies will shy away from progressive measures. (Henry Ford was also criticized for being too generous to his employees ...) It takes strong people to stick to their ideas.

I added that politicians who call for saner social and environmental policies get slammed by those same voices in the media .... Al Gore was derided as "Ozone Man", and Jerry Brown was "Governor Moonbeam".

Silence, except for 150 pens furiously scribbling. It was sweet.