[Incarceration in the United States] As incarceration rates skyrocket, the private prison industry expands at exponential rates, holding ever more people in its prisons and jails, and generating massive profits. Private prisons for adults were virtually non-existent until the early 1980s, but the number of prisoners in private prisons increased by approximately 1600% between 1990 [...]

The inverse of the equation generally holds truths less-evident though rightly asserted: If you’re not uncomfortable in your work as a leader, it’s almost certain you’re not reaching your potential as a leader. – Thanks for leading by Seth Godin[Excerpt from Tribes] So cast your qualms aside and pillage your underlings for all they’re worth [...]

After spending an astounding $100 million to win friends and influence doctors, the drug producers withheld study results—for 21 months—that showed the drug did not work as claimed. Meanwhile, the two companies pulled in a whopping $5.2 billion in sales in 2007 alone. Later, three studies indicated that people who take Vytorin may be more [...]

You will notice that there are some things – corruption, in particular – which will always be referred to as “isolated” in their incidence. This is for your protection. The powers that be have determined that you would take issue (and your head would explode) if you realized what kind of people were running the [...]

Breaking news: Department of the Interior employees have been accepting bribes from oil companies. In other news: the only thing that is absolutely wrong is getting caught, the Earth is round, this was obviously an isolated incident, and nothing like it will ever happen again.