On integrity...History repeats for us over and over the story of revolutionaries, revisionists and reformers who, in battling institutions, embody in themselves all the worst attributes of the institutions they oppose.
Currently the chief enforcer at the CFPB, Cordray has done battle against institutions in high finance, such as rating agencies, and in low, such as payday lenders.
I don't think I have good stamina for battling with institutions.
As a result, many attempts to recover stolen art have required years of bruising, often unsuccessful battles with institutions, bureaucracies and courts.
And so local preservationists, used to battling big institutions reluctant to protect historical buildings, were delighted to learn that the hospital had taken steps to protect the buildings.
If these opponents prevail, perhaps they will carry their argument next to battle the institution we have that already does exactly this: the military.
Community groups, tired of battling large institutions over plans to build high-rises in western Harlem and in Morningside Heights, are seeking to rezone the entire area covered by Community Board 9 to limit the number of tall buildings.
Why risk losses by battling an institution whose dollar resources are limitless?
We will see if this does become, as its advocates forecast, a rarely used instrument to change companies whose boards have failed to perform adequately, or if it will lead to a series of bitter battles — sometimes instituted by institutions with ulterior motives — that result in divided boards and divert both directors and managers from running companies to benefit all shareholders.
The good news is that there has emerged in the past few decades a counter-movement of spiritual progressives that are willing to challenge the distortions in their own religious communities while simultaneously doing battle with the institutions and practices of the wealthy and powerful.
