Category Archives: Research and Scholarship

The Significance of “Pow Wow Chow”

A cookbook contains recipes that make Elizabeth Warren less trustworthy, in my book. Continue reading

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A Dinosaur Brain Fart From Fox

No, dinosaurs didn’t fart themselves to death. Now explain that to Fox News. Continue reading

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Unethical Quote of the Week: “Chronicle of Higher Education” Editor Liz McMillen

The Chronicle of Higher Education has signaled that it suffers from the same malady as its subject: a lack of courage and integrity. Continue reading

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Credit Ethics: New Ethics Alarms Policy

In the wake of the Mary Frances Prevost Affair, new rules on Ethics Alarms. Continue reading

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The Plagiarist Strikes Back!

Mary Frances Prevost has a classy response to my inquiriy about why she stole my blog post, if you consider “Up yours!”.classy. Continue reading

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Is a Plagiarist a Trustworthy Attorney? Let’s Ask Mary Frances Prevost!

San Diego criminal defense attorney Mary Francis Prevost has an interesting post on her blog about the ethics of George Zimmerman’s first set of attorneys. MINE. Continue reading

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Ethics Hero: “Gaia” Scientist James Lovelock

If other scientists involved in climate science were honest and straightforward about the limitations of their projections and research, they would not have forfeited so much of their credibility, appearing to be political and ideological advocates hyping the certainty of their projections to bolster public policies and environmental measures they personally support. Continue reading

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Comment of the Day: “A Last Word on the Kevin Coffay Sentence”

The Comment of the Day suggests that brain chemistry isn’t the main reason today’s teens are irresponsible. Continue reading

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A Last Word on the Kevin Coffay Sentence

If we are going to craft an effective message to make unreasoning drunk teens think again before endangering others on the roads, who better to use to send it than an insufficiently remorseful defendant who killed three passengers in recklessness and then added cowardice, callousness and betrayal his misconduct? Continue reading

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From Massachusetts: Proof That It CAN Happen Here…and Does; That It CAN Happen To You…and Might.

We are not beyond corruption, and we can all do terrible things, unless we work hard to keep our ethics alarms in working order. Witness a trial in Massachusetts, which has shown that a school for special needs children tortured an least one of its students, and probably others. Continue reading

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