Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

No one blinks when the editor of a magazine called Multinational Monitor (that’s me) suggests that multinational corporate interests diverge from and frequently contradict those of regular people. But it’s another matter when the questioning comes from BusinessWeek. “Multinationals: Are They Good for America?” is the cover story in the current issue of the weekly…

There was a time, not so long ago, when U.S. governmental hypocrisy on human rights and corporate interests was at least acknowledged. But now it seems that the Bush administration has so degraded society’s standards, and Big Business so routinely claims that it is bound by no ethical standard except to make money and follow…

Here’s one thing everyone should be able to agree upon from George Bush’s State of the Union address: “We have unfinished business before us.” Apart from that, it’s a little difficult to credit much of what he said. “So long as we continue to trust the people, our nation will prosper, our liberty will be…