Discussion Forum 1 — DIRECTIONS: Please feel free to speak your mind. Your post should make it clear that you have read the article(s).

Should We End Corporate Personhood?

YES: Cynthia Wolken, “Missoula Voters say Corporations are not People, Call for Constitutional Ammendment.” “As she sees it, corporations have been given too much power, and, as stated in the Missoula resolution, their “profits and survival are often in direct conflict with the essential needs and rights of human beings.” read more And more: http://ultimatecivics.com/ And still more: http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=7110

NO: Stephen Bainbridge, “The Moronic Campaign Against Corporate Personhood” “I don’t expect anything sensible to come out of looney left strongholds like Boulder and Madison [or Missoula] or to be able to educate them, but let’s pause a moment anyway to reflect on what would happen if we eliminated the concept of corporate legal personhood.” http://www.professorbainbridge.com/professorbainbridgecom/2011/11/the-moronic-campaign-against-corporate-personhood.html 

Discussion Forum 2— DIRECTIONS: Please feel free to speak your mind. Your post should make itclear that you have read the article(s).

Are Organic Foods Worth the Cost?

YES: Bernice Napach, The Daily Ticker 2012

Excerpt: Walter Robb, co-CEO of Whole Foods (which sells lots of organic food), disagrees with the Stanford study, and not just because of his job. He tells The Daily Ticker, “I’ve been an organic gardener all my life…and I can see..the vitality of the food from my own experience of raising vegetables.”http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/organic-foods-worth-cost-whole-foods-ceo-123551230.html?l=1

NO: Christie Wilcox, NY Times 2012

Excerpt: Organic farming tugs at our heartstrings, harkening back to a simpler time when life was rugged and man lived off the land. We’re told organic farming is not only better for us, but also better for the environment. While it sounds like the perfect solution, the fact is our notion of organic farming is an idyllic fallacy.

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/09/10/is-organic-food-worth-the-expense/the-ecological-case-against-organic-farming