Post Tagged 'U.S. Chamber of Commerce'

May 23, 2016

Attorneys General line up to attack free speech

By now, readers should be aware of the campaign waged against the Competitive Enterprise Institute led by Al Gore and a cadre of attorneys generals with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman at the top of the rogues’ gallery. Continue Reading...

April 28, 2015

Proxy Disclosure Resolutions About Politics, Not Transparency

This past week, The Huffington Post’s Paul Blumenthal offered up a piece of agitprop masquerading as trenchant political analysis. It seems – well, not seems inasmuch as Blumenthal pretty much declares outright – that he isn’t much of a fan of the U.S. Continue Reading...

October 29, 2013

Religious Activists Petition SEC for Greater Corporate ‘Disclosure’

“Byrdes of on kynde and color flok and flye allwayes together,” wrote William Turner in 1545. If he were with us today, the author might construct an interesting Venn diagram representing the activist birds scheduled to testify tomorrow before the Securities and Exchange Commission. Continue Reading...

October 08, 2013

Shareholders United in Shutting Down Political Speech

Readers following my series of blog posts on shareholder proxy resolutions submitted by religious groups such as As You Sow and the Interfaith Council of Corporate Responsibility already know these resolutions have little to do with issues of faith. Continue Reading...

March 11, 2013

As You Sow Shuts Up Climate-Change Debate

It often comes to light over matters of disagreement that one side attempts to shut down the debate by emulating Ring Lardner’s father in The Young Immigrants: “’Shut up,’ he explained.” Continue Reading...