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...converge” is an inadequate, and indeed somewhat meaningless, descriptor for this rich story. Are the factors that participate in the triple convergence mutually reinforcing? Is the relationship among them linear and causal? How does the fall of the Berlin Wall, a singular historical event in 1989, “converge” with open-sourcing...
...Boston, found itself the target of new global protests for its decision to underwrite Shell's controversial Sakhalin II pipeline in the northern Pacific, a project environmentalists say threatens the endangered Western gray whale. Without adequate transparency and monitoring of sensitive projects, ngos fear the Equator Principles will become meaningless. "What good is a series of principles like this is if you can't verify that they are being applied on a project-by-project basis?" asks Oil Change's Kretzmann. "Equator banks are saying to people 'Trust us,' but not allowing any independent verification. That's a problem...
...After all, if some regime is too sordid or controversial for a publicly listed U.S. oil company, there are plenty of other national oil companies in countries that do not care much for human rights and are willing to make a quick buck without competition. Boycotts and divestment are meaningless unless there are harsh penalties for not complying. “Harsh penalties” generally mean government sanctions and not the shrill cries (or silent protest) of college students several thousand miles away...
...promptly be expelled and all notions of my intelligence thrown out the window. I will have to move to Key West and mop floors while living in a trailer with a guy named Bubba.” Perhaps this moment is supposed to be an ironic comment on the meaningless life of the over-privileged Ivy Leaguer. But it shouldn’t be a perhaps. This girl goes to Yale, she goes shopping for fun, and she writes a sex column without holding down a real job—she has to give us more reason to actually pity...
...pair of games—meaningless in the standings—sandwiched between two Red Rolfe division series...