Private Encroacment

Personal Writings

Little Rock        One of the nice things that has happened to Little Rock over the last twenty years has been the development of the Riverfront Park and the attendant development that moves through the older warehouse district to open markets, restaurants, and finally, the Clinton Presidential Library.  There are names everywhere that probably mean …

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Co-Determination

Labor Organizing

Little Rock We all learn things in weird ways, I suppose. Yesterday there was an article planted in the Times attacking the corporate governance practices in Germany called “co-determination” which provide proportionate representation to labor on the boards of German companies. The law there seems to be that any company with more than 2000 workers …

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Foundation Facts

Ideas and Issues

Shreveport The Foundation Center recently released their best estimates of total philanthropic giving and tagged the number for 2006 as having bested $40 Billion dollars. They said this was more than a 10% increase over 2005 at $36 B and some change, which had also reflected more than a 10% increase from 2004. There were …

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