Posted by Crissie Brown | Mar 13, 2009 | Morning Lede |
Yesterday we began exploring the legal doctrine of corporate “personhood,” the idea that a corporation is a separate legal entity from its owners and/or operators, with its own assets and liabilities. We also...
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Most people find the notion that corporations are “persons” under the law somewhat odd. We think of “persons” as … well … human beings. How can something inanimate and conceptual, something...
Read MorePosted by Crissie Brown | Feb 24, 2009 | Morning Lede |
In Sunday’s Ask Ms. Crissie Feature, I snarkily noted a rising wave of righteous – or not – anger sweeping the nation. (More) Last week I shredded a conservative talking point: the “moral hazard” of...
Read MorePosted by Crissie Brown | Feb 17, 2009 | Morning Lede |
In today’s offering we further explore a topic that arose in Sunday’s Ask Ms. Crissie: the bizarre Belt Way galaxy. If you’d like a better understanding of Belt Way cosmology, and how it differs from the...
Read MorePosted by Crissie Brown | Oct 12, 2008 | Morning Lede |
In psychology, the term magical thinking refers to infering personal causes for outside events. We all do this as children. The common example in psychology is “It is raining because I’m sad,” although more...
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