Monthly Archives: January 2011
Next: A Version of “The Mikado” Without Execution References
For a text-book example of how political correctness, ideology, ignorance and a humor deficit can undermine speech, culture and entertainment, we need look no further than the public critics of the Missoula Community Theater’s production of “The Mikado,” perhaps the best of all Gilbert and Sullivan operettas and one of the very best musical comedies ever written. Continue reading
Unethical Quote of the Week: Walmart
Walmart wants to give you the option of making your daughter look like a child porn hooker. Continue reading
Filed under Business & Commercial, Family, Gender and Sex, Popular Culture, U.S. Society
Now THIS Is Incivility…
During the recent eruption of a national obsession with civility in the wake of Jarod Loughner’s shooting rampage—odd, because his actions had nothing whatsoever to do with civility—it became disturbingly evident that most journalists have only a vague sense of what incivility is. Continue reading
“American Idol” Jumps the Ethics Shark
Just four audition episodes into the new “American Idol,” it is obvious that the show is done. Continue reading
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Popular Culture, Professions, U.S. Society
Ethics Hero: Gil Meche
For putting personal integrity and fairness above the almighty dollar, as rare an act in 21st Century America as juggling eels, Gil Meche is an Ethics Hero. Continue reading
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Business & Commercial, Ethics Heroes, Professions
Time to Enforce the Hatch Act on Karl Rove
Now let’s indict Karl Rove and Co., and we will have made progress toward more ethical White House politics. Continue reading
Filed under Government & Politics, Law & Law Enforcement
Unethical Quote of the Week: The White House
I don’t advocate starting a war over this, or even making it into a diplomatic rift. Still, what Lang Lang played at the White House was an insult, a calculated one, and for the White House to pretend otherwise is either dishonest, or demonstrates a disturbing absence of sensitivity to the nation’s honor and dignity. Continue reading
Where We Miss Morality: The Unmarried Mothers Disaster
The shame and social isolation that once was the penalty for out-of-wedlock pregnancy was cruel and often unfair, but as social control, it worked. It is not coming back; neither is a strong moral prohibition. For better or worse, we are left with making the ethical arguments, which include telling celebrities like David Letterman, Goldie Hawn and most recently, actress Natalie Portman that we aren’t going to just shrug off their choices to have out-of-wedlock kids and continue applauding them as if there is nothing wrong with it. Continue reading
Comment of the Day: “Unethical Quote of the Week: Walmart”
The Comment of the Day is on Walmart’s jaw-dropping justification for its new line of make-up for the under-12 set. Continue reading →
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