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In a 1970 essay for the New York Times, the economist Milton Friedman wrote, “the social responsibility of business is to increase its profits.” What followed was decades of economic growth, though often at great social cost. Paul Polman, the former CEO of Unilever, recently offered a different view when he suggested that profits should […]
Since her association with Leon Trotsky’s assassin, Ramón Mercader, Sylvia Ageloff has been demonised and vilified, pushed to the margins of history or simply ignored. What has been all too frequently lacking is any sense of respect, sympathy or understanding of her as a human being, a political activist and someone thrust into a situation not of her making. This short essay attempts to set the record straight.
Since her association with Leon Trotsky’s assassin, Ramón Mercader, Sylvia Ageloff has been demonised and vilified, pushed to the margins of history or simply ignored. What has been all too frequently lacking is any sense of respect, sympathy or understanding of her as a human being, a political activist and someone thrust into a situation not of her making. This short essay attempts to set the record straight.
Imagine my surprise upon opening Page D4 of last Sunday’s Insight section (Aug. 13): A “Doonesbury” cartoon that had a legible font size! Thank you! Now, could we have “Doonesbury” more than once a week? Bernard Mohr Portland