And Tom Petters gave millions to Miami University of Ohio to set up an ethics center. (Miami has returned the money. Not to Petters. He’s in prison for fifty years. To a court-appointed receiver.)
What are we to make of Merkin, Blagojevich, and Petters?
Well, read your Elmer Gantry.
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[UD thanks Daniel for correcting her on the name of the university.]
May 31st, 2010 at 6:07PM
Then there’s lesser-known but equally reprehensible Robert Courtney, a pharmacist who diluted tens of thousands of doses of chemotherapy drugs in order to make a donation to his church.
May 31st, 2010 at 8:46PM
Hi UD,
The linked article refers to “Miami University of Ohio,” which is a different institution from the University of Miami (FL).
May 31st, 2010 at 8:53PM
Daniel: Many thanks. I missed that entirely.
June 1st, 2010 at 2:01AM
Maybe it would be worth investigating some crooked politician’s voting records – especially when it comes down to “being tough on crime”. Ah, being hard on the petty purse snatcher, and soft on the white-collar criminal who causes the downfall of a whole industry…