~Founder, Chairman, Writers Room
of Bucks County, Doylestown, PA.
Nonprofit writers' center (1999-2005).
Read:
• "Writers Come Together
in 'Genius Belt'."
• "Capitalizing on Talent"

COMMUNITY:

COMMENTARY/OP-ED:

~ LA Times ("Recipe for Martha's Prison Living," March 12, 2004)
~ Christian Science Monitor ("Martha's burden: weight of a lie," March 9, 2004)
~ NY Times ("The big fish always gets away." May 3, 2003)
~ LA Times ("More crooks should write books." June 2, 2003)
~ Columbia World of Quotations, 1996 ("The only reason to invest in the market is because you think you know something others don’t."-Newsweek)
~ Newsweek ("Prison Life: Advice for Martha," June 22, 2003)

LINKS OF INTEREST :

U.S. Supreme Court Case (Carpenter v. U.S.)
~
U.S. Supreme Court Decision, Nov. 16, 1987-Full text.
~Insider Trading: A Misappropriated Theory-Article

Corporate/Economic Crime
~
Corporate Crime Reporter-Newsletter
~Books about past financial scandals.

Business Ethics
~ "Can Ethics Be Taught?"- Aspen Institute to Host June Seminar
~ MBA Student Survey: Scandals, Economy Alter Attitudes of Next Generation Business Leaders. - ASPEN INSTITUTE
~ Ethics Lacking in Business School Curriculum, Students Say in Survey-NY Times May 20, 2003
~Rice University Professor Teaches Winans Case

Insider Trading Laws
~
Insider Trading Curbs: Bad Policy (Cato Institute Article)
~Insider Trading in the USA and the United Kingdom-Good history and interpretation of cases since 1980.
~ A Libertarian explains why insider trading laws are fundamentally flawed.-Harry Browne

Media Issues
~
Media & Ethics: News in the Age of Money; Excellent history of past 20 years in business reporting. Columbia Journalism Review.
~UK Editor busted for trading around a Mirror story.

 

~CNN ("In the Money" 3/20/04 re: Martha Stewart conviction)
~MSNBC ("Deborah Norville Tonight" 3/9/04 re: Stewart's Recipe for Redemption"-transcript)
~CNBC ("News with John Siegenthaler" 3/9/04 re: Stewart Facing Prison")
~CNN ("Newsnight" with Wolf Blitzer), March 5, 2004 re: Stewart conviction)
~ CNBC/MSNBC ("News with Brian Williams," July 23, 2003 re: Imclone's Sam Waksal reports to prison)
~ NBC ("Nightly News," June 7, 2003 re: Jayson Blair/NYTimes)
~ CNN ("NewsNight with Aaron Brown," 6/3/2003; 8/12/2002)
~ CNN ("American Morning with Bill Hemmer," 6/5/2003 re: Martha Stewart, Insider Trading-transcript)
~ CNBC ("Business Center: In Profile, with Ron Insana," 6/3/2003 re: Wall Street corruption)
~ MSNBC (With Bob Kur, 6/5/2003 re: Martha Stewart/ with Chris Jansing, 6/11/2003 re: Sam Waksal)
~NPR ("The Connection" with Dick Gordon, 3/22/04 re: White collar crime and sentencing) LISTEN!
~DEMOCRACY NOW RADIO w/ Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez (Listen!)-(Pacifica News, 6/12/03 re: Wall Street Crime)

~ Public Radio ("The Brian Lehrer Show," WNYC, 5/13/2003 re: Wall Street corruption)
~ Local & Satellite Radio News/Talk Shows
~ Colleges, universities (Temple; Penn.; others)
~ 2003 Economic Crime Summit, Washington, DC (5/6/2003)

 

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