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The Broadcast Media’s Golden Rule: “Do Unto Others What You Will Use Cronyism To Stop Others From Doing Unto You”
Boy, there goes that Fox again, insisting on broadcasting the news…. Continue reading
Filed under U.S. Society
Forget About “Minority Report”—The Sure Fire Way To Stop Pre-Crime Is To Round Up Newt Gingrich Supporters
Forget about those psychics in the tank—we can spot pre-criminals by their support of Newt. Continue reading
Filed under Character, Government & Politics, The Internet
Nipping A Terrible Idea In the Bud
In policy debates over contentious issues like abortion, national health care, and capital punishment, a common argument, brandished like a flag , is that the United States is out of step with the rest of the world. My reflex reaction … Continue reading
Vote For The 2011 Curmie…and Education’s Shame!
Make sure you vote for the educator who disgraced hsi or her profession most! Continue reading
Filed under Education, Professions
Ethics Quote of the Week: GMU School of Law Dean Daniel Polsby
Wow. A University Dean who doesn’t endorse censorship of unpopular speech on campus! Continue reading
Unethical Quote of the Week: University of Wisconsin-Stout Chancellor Charles W. Sorensen
University of Wisconsin-Stout Chancellor Charles W. Sorensen ratifies the school’s police chief’s decision to remove two posters from a professor’s office door out of fear of a fictional character in one instance, and fear of the truth in another. Continue reading
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Education, Ethics Quotes, Leadership, Popular Culture, Professions, U.S. Society
The University of Wisconsin’s Lesson: Ignorance + Political Correctness = Repression
As in the disturbing incident at Widener Law School, in which a professor has been persecuted and punished for the imagined sexist and racist implications in his fanciful classroom hypothetical, a theater professor at the University of Wisconsin in Stout, is now being subjected to full-fledged censorship by the university’s administration because of a pop culture reference that it finds “threatening.” Continue reading
Unethical Quote of the Week: Nutrition Advocate Marion Nestle
If we lose the precious freedoms laid out in the Bill of Rights, it will surely not be at the hands of a dictator or renegade army, but because of the irresponsible tunnel-vision of deranged do-gooders like Marion Nestle, who, when you get right down to it, believe that only speech they approve of should be truly free. Continue reading
The Warren Jeffs Sex Tapes and the Media’s Ethical Incoherence
The news media should stop being information launderers for stolen material the law says should not be distributed, and pass along any and all public information that comes into its possession.
That includes the Warren Jeffs sex tapes. I don’t care to hear them, thanks, but that should be my decision, not the Salt Lake Tribune’s. Continue reading
Comment of the Day: “The University of Wisconsin’s Lesson: Ignorance + Political Correctness = Repression”
Michael posted this Comment of the Day (though I am posting it here a day late), discussing the plight of the U. of Wisconsin professor whose “Firefly” poster was deemed to create an unacceptable risk of violence. Continue reading →
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