Monthly Archives: May 2011
Ethics Train Wreck at the French Open: The Saga of the Over-Eager Ballboy
John McEnroe slams a French Open player for not being an exemplary sportsman. Wait…WHAT? Continue reading
Filed under Around the World, Arts & Entertainment, Sports
Ethics Dunces: Joe Klein and Chris Matthews
It was inevitable that the Chris Matthews Show would allow Joe Klein’s ethical blindness to reach full flower. The topic: the prosecution of John Edwards, serial cad. Continue reading
When An Apology Proves You’ll Say Anything: Ed Schultz’s Amazing Mea Culpa
MSNBC’s Ed Schultz’s masterful apology didn’t show he was sorry. It showed that he can’t be believed or trusted. That’s a great deal more significant than calling another talk show host a slut. Continue reading
Ethics and the Case of the “Large-Breasted Woman”
So was the “large-breasted woman” at counsel’s table an unethical distraction? An Illinois attorney thought it was. Continue reading
Filed under Gender and Sex, Law & Law Enforcement, Professions
Comment of the Day: “Schadenfreude, Ethics, and Those Fanatics Inside Us All”
Rick elaborates nicely on the theme of my post on handling those fanatic personas that reside in each of us, and in the process takes the ethical measure of an iconic baseball broadcaster whose charms always escaped me…the late Harry Carey. Continue reading
Schadenfreude, Ethics, and Those Fanatics Inside Us All
NBC baseball blogger Craig Calcaterra recently raised the sensitive issue of sports fan Schadenfreude, something that I have been afflicted with from time to time. The occasion was the recent injury to San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey in a particularly gruesome collision at home plate. His comments made me think about the obsessed and narrow personas in all of us, and how we should regard their occasional callousness. Continue reading
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Daily Life, Etiquette and manners, Sports, The Internet
Gov. Mitch Daniels’ Self-Validating Decision
The decision to lead a nation must depend on the nation’s needs, not yours, and not your wife’s. We are grateful for Mitch Daniels’ honesty, however. Now we know. Continue reading
Comment of the Day: “Murder House Ethics and the Validity of Feelings”
Tgt, the ghosts of whose earlier argument in series of comments haunted me prompted a revisit to the issue of murder houses and a seller’s obligation to reveal their history to potential buyers, came back with this Comment of the Day, thought-provoking, as usual. Continue reading →
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