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This article is about the SEC holding more people responsible for the wrong doings during the economic crisis. It talks about the careless things done with investor's money.

A friend had shared a picture on Facebook that I saw today. It was copies from two articles about two different crimes. One was of a wealthy white man and one was of a homeless black man. The pictures note the sentences and crimes committed and imply that there was disparity in the sentencing. Here is a post I found on the two cases. What are your thoughts on the different cases?

I did some extra research on these two cases as well (including Snopes). I posted the linke that I did (and only that) for a couple of reasons. 1) Because of the potential inequality of the two cases and 2) because I don't think that most people look past the information give to them. I was glad to see that someone (granted you are the professor, but still) looked into the stories a bit more. I think that also says something about ethics. I recently sent a friend of mine (who was making claims about products other than those she was selling). The claims were that there was bat guano in many brands of mascara. She told me she had heard this from an optometrist but she had never done any research on her own. When I did (because I did not want to make claims that I did not know to be true), I forwarded some of the sources I found to her. In our society, we tend to take things at face value.

Aha, very clever test :) Glad you're doing some of the critical thinking that, as you indicate, we need to be doing much more of. Keep up the good research!

Prisoners at some Texas state jails are scaling back to two meals per day on the weekends, as part of budgetary belt tightening. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Prisoners in Texas jails have been tightening their belts as the state cuts back on weekend lunches to save money.

My first thought when I read this title was that it was disgusting to me that they would cut out a meal. Then, as I read the article, it became less about the fact that they were cutting out a meal (especially if it is true that they are still getting the same nutritional values as before). As the representative from the ACLU pointed out, there are many over-incarcerated individuals in prison. Instead of pulling out a meal, perhaps it would be wise to look at who they have in prison and see if an alternative punishment/treatment would be feasable. This would solve not only some monitary issues, but overcrouding in general and possibly even help rehabilitate better.