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Just the fact that such an award still exists, and a man like Fred Wertheimer was there to receive it, is a hopeful sign for our country.

On Monday, Robert Reich reported in his Substack that Fred Wertheimer, the former general counsel for the nonpartisan government watchdog Common Cause, gave a speech last week when he received the Paul H. Douglas Award for Ethics in Government for 2025.

“While we are glad to see that OpenAI is responding to the questions that have been raised about their proposed restructuring, its announcement today doesn’t address the fundamental problem at issue: the independence from profit-seeking of the OpenAI nonprofit,” Fred Blackwell, CEO of the San Francisco Foundation, said in a statement.

Over the table, Kit's brother, Fred, became hungry for answers and began quizzing the men.

Honestly, Fred, “indifferent” is way too polite, which I guess is your job: They’re just messing with you, although we could substitute a different verb for “messing.”