Monthly Archives: May 2011

Recognition and Gratitude Time

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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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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

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Dancing With Thomas Jefferson: How Assholes Make the Law Spoil Life For Everyone

Now we have a little less freedom at national monuments, thanks to the determination of some people to abuse it. Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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