Tag Archives: American Civil Liberties Union
The War On Gays: “Fair and Equitable” in Corpus Christi
What could be more “fair and equitable” than penalizing all students by ending their access to the educational, recreational and social benefits of school clubs and groups in order to legally humiliate one young woman? Continue reading
Ethics Dunce: Justice Clarence Thomas
Justice Thomas ought to accept responsibility and appropriate punishment. He also owes his colleagues on the Court, his profession, and the public an apology. We have to be able to expect better than this from someone of his stature and authority. Continue reading
Filed under Ethics Dunces, Family, Government & Politics, Law & Law Enforcement, Leadership, Professions
More on the Feel-Up Searches and Other TSA Indignities, For Those Who Haven’t Closed Their Minds, Abandoned Empathy, or Determined That The Government Always Knows Best
If you still have some doubts about the propriety and fairness of the TSA’s new airport screening procedures, or are willing to develop some, here are some useful links. Continue reading
The Internet Censorship Bill and Escalating Abuse of Government Power: Why Do We Continue to Trust These People?
Day by day we are watching our core rights be marginalized by the very people who are sworn to protect it. They are neither honest, nor especially bright, nor courageous, and their loyalty and integrity are for sale, yet we not only accept their abuses, but prepare to trust them with even more power over our lives. Continue reading
Despite Evidence, Obama’s D.O.J., Democrats and News Media Stonewall Black Panther Case
The bizarre conduct of the Obama-Holder Department of Justice in refusing to to fully prosecute a 2008 instance of blatant voter intimidation at the polls by members of the New Black Panthers in Philadelphia has been denied by D.O.J. (despite a video that proves the Voting Rights Act violation ), ignored or buried by most major news sources (despite Washington Post ombudsman Andrew Alexander chiding his own paper for failing the public with inadequate coverage of the story) and attacked as manufactured by Republicans by partisan Obama defenders (despite the fact that, well, it just isn’t.) It is both disturbing and depressing that this conduct persists, long after the event itself, months after one Justice Department Civil Rights attorney quit to expose the episode publicly, and while the non-partisan U.S. Commission Civil Rights holds hearings on the case. Continue reading
The Ethics Of The Ground Zero Mosque
The proposed Ground Zero mosque is an Ethics Train Wreck, one is so bad I hesitated to write about it—ethics train wrecks trap commentators too—in the vain hope that it would somehow resolve itself with minimal harm. That is obviously not in the cards, however; not when the Anti-Defamation League weighs in on the side of religious intolerance, thus forfeiting its integrity and warping its mission. The wreck is still claiming victims, and there is no end in sight. Continue reading
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Comment of the Day: “Facebook Wars: Parental Abdication, School Abuse of Power”
The Comment of the Day is from Joshua, from the lively thread on the post “Facebook Wars: Parental Abdication, School Abuse of Power.” Continue reading →
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