Is authorship about to pay even less?

Last November, I wrote about a thorny Supreme Court case, Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons. In short, it revolves around the right to import copyrighted works intended for overseas use and resell them. Kirtsaeng, a Thai student who made a load of cash reselling...

CommonWealth Mag Looks at Casino Battle

The new issue of CommonWealth magazine has a must-read article about Springfield’s casino battle—with a particular focus on the competing interests of the Picknelly brothers. The article, “Springfield Bets on Sibling Rivalry,” by Gabrielle...

24 Times the President

This past year, CEO pay averaged 24 times the presidential pay rate [of $400,000] and 300 times the average worker salary, notes Sam Pizzigati at Too Much: An Online Weekly on Excess and Inequality. But this hasn’t always been the case. “In fact, from the...

No Time Clock For Our Legislature

  All right, so it was the runup to Easter, and you wouldn’t expect much from the Legislature, especially on Good Friday. Still, this glimpse of the work culture in the Statehouse is an eye-opener. After all, the rest of us work during Easter Week....