Monthly Archives: May 2010

The Old Pro’s Betrayal, Baseball Style

Old Pro Andre Dawson gave Hanley Ramirez good advice, and then undermined it. Continue reading

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Blumenthal’s Lies and Professional Discipline

Can anyone think of a reason why it is less indicative of bad character for a lawyer to fabricate credentials in pursuit of a non-legal job (albeit for a position that makes laws!) than a legal one? I can’t. Continue reading

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Unethical Quote of the Week: The Richard Blumenthal Campaign

The Blumenthal Vietnam scandal, as I predicted, is serving as wonderfully useful ethics test for other politicians, the media, Democrats, and Connecticut voters generally. Continue reading

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Ethics Dunce: Rand Paul

The demise of the Tea Party movement may well come when it actually has to put individual candidates before the electorate and the media to carry its message. At least, that is what the ascendancy of Rand Paul portends. Continue reading

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More on “Everyone Draw Muhammad Day”

Today, I will be guest-blogging in a day long debate about this topic over at Public Square. Please drop in.

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The Arizona Boycotts: Unethical and Unjustified

Miami Herald columnist Andres Oppenheimer makes his best case against the Arizona illegal immigration statute. This is what all those boycotts are based on? If so, these are as unethical as boycotts can be. Continue reading

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Ethics Hero: Campbell Brown

Campbell Brown quit the old-fashioned, ethical way: by being honest about why. Continue reading

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More on Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut’s Lying Attorney General

Now that we know a little bit more about Richard Blumenthal, the Connecticut Attorney General whose pursuit of a U.S. Senate seat has him periodically masquerading as a Vietnam War veteran, it is clear that simply defeating him at the … Continue reading

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Lying Senate Candidate Blumenthal: Not One Single Vote

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, the Democratic candidate for the open Senate seat soon to be vacated by Chris Dodd, has been lying his head off by claiming that he served in Vietnam. Continue reading

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Searching for Ethical Explanations For Inexplicable Media Conduct

When there is an incident that seems to scream liberal media bias, like the almost complete failure to report or criticize Attorney General Eric Holder’s stunning admission that he had still not read the Arizona illegal immigration statute despite already going on record as believing it could lead to racial profiling, I believe that it only fair to search hard for legitimate, ethical reasons for their surprising handling of the story. Continue reading

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