Category Archives: Literature
Occupy Eduardo Saverin
Dear Eduardo Severin: Good-bye and good riddance. Continue reading
Ethics Flashback: A Letter From Kurt Vonnegut
Author Kurt Vonnegut’s ppwerful and sensitive letter to a book-burner. Continue reading
Filed under Character, Citizenship, Education, Literature
Old Testament Treatment For The Miramonte Elementary School Culture
The best way to fix a rotten culture sometimes is to start from scractch. Continue reading
The Admirable Mr. Sondheim
His new book shows Stephen Sondheim as that rarity in show business, an ethical human being. Continue reading
Ethics Hero Emeritus: Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011)
Of him it could be fairly stated, as of few others, that while Christopher Hitchens was around, bullshit was never safe. Continue reading
The Media’s Despicable Catch-22 Against Herman Cain
Herman Cain cannot have engaged in sexual harassment as a matter of law until a court determines that he did so, and since a court cannot and will not determine that after more than a decade, and since his accusers chose to accept a settlement rather than try to persuade a court to make such a determination, it is unfair to give any attention, significance or credibility to the story. Continue reading
Scary Ethics Theater: The Strange Case of the Freedom of DISinformation Act!
This Halloween night we ask the scary question, “When is it ethical to be unethical?” For the chilling answer, we must enter the mysterious lair of Eric Holder’s Justice Department!!! Continue reading
Henry James, Mis-Matched Neighbors and the Naked Silhouette
Warring Montana neighbors are possessed by an essentially unethical attitude: “I care only about me, not you. To Hell with you. You’re not me.” Continue reading
