Author Archives : Ben Spielberg

Aug 8, 2014

Earned Sick Leave an Ethical, Factual and Political No-Brainer

Some political debates have two equally valid sides.  More often than not, however, the evidence is significantly more one-sided than journalists and pundits suggest.  AB 1522, a bill that currently sits on the California Senate’s Committee on Appropriations on its Suspense File for consideration on August 14, is an example of legislation for which there is no ethical, intellectually honest opposition.  Three related lenses…

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Apr 9, 2014

Mozilla Made the Right Call: Not All Speech is Equal

Mozilla’s selection of Brendan Eich for CEO on March 24 prompted widespread outrage because of a $1,000 donation he made to the anti-gay marriage Prop 8 campaign in 2008.  Eich resigned ten days after his promotion. Conor Friedersdorf and Andrew Sullivan are two of the most prominent pro-gay rights writers to denounce Eich’s “forced resignation.”  Friedersdorf worries that the anti-Eich…

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Jan 28, 2014

Starbucks’ Greed Versus San Jose’s Living Wage

The San Jose City Council will decide today whether to condone corporate greed and poverty-level wages for workers or apply city law to Starbucks and a large developer who want to lease property at the San Jose Convention Center.  San Jose would normally require businesses leasing the property to pay employees a living wage, but the City Manager’s Office recommends an…

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