Month: September 2015
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Big Pharma: Don’t Hate the Player, Hate the Game
Martin Shkreli is a man I admire in an odd sort of way. The recent controversy involving Mr. Shkreli and his price hike of the toxoplasmosis drug, Daraprim, seems to have caused misguided furor towards the 32-year-old CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals. He may epitomize a major problem with the pharmaceutical…
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Organized Labor Should Endorse Bernie Sanders
The National Education Association (the union to which I used to belong) is considering an early endorsement of Hillary Clinton. This decision, like the American Federation of Teachers’ endorsement of Clinton on July 11, would be a huge mistake. One reason is that it would violate members’ trust. As Peter…
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A Closer Look at TFA’s Alumni Survey and Data Practices
Teach For America (TFA) recently released a report describing some of the results from its alumni survey. The report provides interesting information about many alums’ careers. At the same time, however, TFA’s misleading presentation of the results and the organization’s unwillingness to share the underlying data are troubling. Consider the…
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