Monthly Archives: May 2011
Insider Trading on Congressional Action: Congressmen Don’t Play by the Same Rules
May 26, 2011 at 8:49 pm
Insider trading is the “ethically questionable” practice of buying or selling stock or other assets based on special, inside knowledge, information that is not yet known to the general public. I say ethically questionable, because there are certainly instances where one might trade, or refrain from trading, based on special information that may be ethical. [...]
Water, Water, Everywhere, Nor Any Drop to Drink
May 20, 2011 at 8:53 pm
Those famous lines from Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” come to mind when we consider that Sulphur, Louisiana is only about 100 miles from Butte LaRose, Louisiana. While Butte LaRose is expected to soon be under water from the opening of the Morganza spillway, we see in this KPLC article that the city [...]