Tag Archives: appreciation
Ethics Quote of the Week: James W.Hudson
It isn’t just that America’s widespread ignorance and apathy about our history is ungrateful and disrespectful to people like Hudson, though it certainly is that. The lack of appreciation and perspective makes its public vulnerable to lies and demogogues, unable to muster facts to counter the ongoing slander of America haters and the corrosive paranoia ofhysterics. Continue reading
Filed under Citizenship, Ethics Quotes, Finance, History, U.S. Society, War and the Military
Ethics Hero: Lincoln School in Spring Valley, Illinois
All around us, every day, are fellow citizens who do the hard, sometimes dirty, always underpaid jobs that make business, commerce, and daily life possible. We thank our soldiers, celebrate our firefighters and salute out teachers, but seldom give a second thought to our janitors, custodians and cleaning staff. Lincoln School could have named its gym after a prominent alumnus, or a local sports hero, or a rich donor. Instead, it used the honor to say to a man who dedicated his entire life to the school. Continue reading
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