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Archive for March, 2010
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Friday, March 5th, 2010It can’t be easy to run Starbucks these days. Even before the recession hit, the wildly popular coffee chain had become the poster child for extravangant self-indulgence. All too often, if personal finance gurus wanted to demonstrate how little sacrifices add up to big savings they’d point an accusing finger at the decidedly [...]
The ethics of training orcas
Monday, March 1st, 2010The death of Orlando SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau last week has raised a firestorm of debate about whether it’s right to train big predators to entertain the public. Ms. Brancheau was killed by a 22-foot male orca named Tilikum. No one really knows what caused Tilikum to grab Ms. Brancheau by the hair [...]
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