Monthly Archives: November 2011
A Inconvenient Question About the Death of Walter Vance
Another failure to rescue, and a question… Continue reading
Filed under Character, Citizenship, Daily Life, U.S. Society
Obamacare Recusal Wars: Right and Left Are Equally Deluded
Does anyone really think that Kagan’s previous work as Solicitor General under Obama will bias her already liberal leanings? No. Does anyone really believe that Clarence Thomas would vote for an interpretation of the Constitution that opens that door for Congress to demand that we buy whatever it tells us to, were he not trying to please his conservative wife? Tell me another. Both recusal arguments are intellectually dishonest attempts to interfere with full judicial consideration of a politically explosive matter. Continue reading
The SAT Cheating Scandal
Over at Curmudgeon Central, Rick Jones appropriately eviscerates the Educational Testing Service for its role—the role being negligent facilitator–in an unfolding scandal involving students cheating on their SATs by having surrogates take their tests. Continue reading
The Emma Sullivan Affair: Not Just An Aberration
I believe 2011 is the year in which the teaching and school administration professions reached the tipping point where it is no longer rational to trust them. Does that mean that every single school, administrator and teacher is untrustworthy? No, of course not. What it means is that the education professional culture no longer rejects or even discourages incompetence, warped priorities and cowardice, so that parents and students cannot assume that problems or even regular duties will be handled fairly or well. Continue reading
Filed under Character, Education, Professions, Workplace
A Protest Code of Ethics
Presenting a protest code of ethics, if not THE protest code of ethics. But it’s a start, and its about time. Continue reading
Filed under Government & Politics, U.S. Society
Five Ethics Lessons from Jerome Cardano (“Who?”), and One More
A remarkable man’s life holds important ethical lessons. Too bad we never heard of him. Continue reading
Filed under Character, Education, Health and Medicine, History, Popular Culture
The Tattoo Artist’s Revenge: Funny! But Wrong.
Tales of exquisite revenge can be dangerous. Continue reading
Filed under Romance and Relationships, U.S. Society
Post-Thanksgiving Ethics Quiz: Is This Ethical? (Giant Lips Edition)
Should a plastic surgeon help a girl emulate a Toon? Continue reading
Filed under Around the World, Health and Medicine, Popular Culture, Professions
Ethics Dunces: The Nevada Ethics Commission, Which is Pretty Depressing.
Here at last may be the answer to the riddle of why state ethics commissions have so little effect on the persistent problem of unethical government. Continue reading
Filed under Ethics Dunces, Government & Politics
