Tag Archives: character
“Forget Jobs, It’s You Passing Out In Public, Stupid!”
“So I pass out drunk in public…that doesn’t mean I’m not a wonderful mayor!” Continue reading
Creating Captain Costanzas
Every man for himself. Continue reading
Young, Gullible, Lazy, Unimaginative and Unbelievable: I Wonder Why This Lawyer Has Trouble Finding A Job?
An unemployed lawyer claims to be one of the “99%”. I am dubious. Continue reading
Character, American Values and the Defiant Driver
It is encouraging to know that some Americans still have what used to be known as American character. Continue reading
Filed under Citizenship, U.S. Society
Would Dennis Rodman Qualify for the Baseball Hall of Fame?
Why should a sport care about matters like integrity and character? Isn’t it the performance that counts, and winning? Would a theoretical Dennis Rodman, baseball great, get into the Hall of Fame if his baseball career tracked with how the real Rodman performed in the NBA? Continue reading
Robert E. Lee and the Abuse of Principle
Lee: His life is a warning, not an inspiration.
As both political parties and the President of the United States seem to be determined to subject the American people, economy and standing in the world to disaster in the defense of principles, it might be a good time to reflect on the fact that principles detached from reality have little value, and that rigidly adhering to principles to the detriment of the community and civilization is not a virtue. Continue reading
Rep. Wu and the Scourge of Government by Ventriloquist Dummies
I am fighting, unsuccessfully, the conclusion that the U.S is probably doomed, and Rep.Wu’s current scandal is just a convenient example. He had a history of irresponsible and possible illegal sexual conduct, but his constituency didn’t care about his character, values or judgment…after all, he voted their way. Then he seemed to be mentally ill. Never mind: he was still well enough to vote the “right” way. Now he may be mentally ill and displaying old bad habits. But in the minds of his constituents, most of whom only follow the issues in grossly simplified and slanted form, if at all, Wu is preferable to a stable, experienced, open-minded moderate capable of seeing both sides of an issue and engaging in compromise. Continue reading
Ethics Hero: Derek Jeter
I believe in heroes, and I know how seldom there co-exist in the same athletic body the talent and determination to perform at a heroic level of play as well as the impeccable character that heroes must display. Derek Jeter is one of those rare individuals. Continue reading
Attention FCC: What the News of the World Scandal Reveals About Rupert Murdoch
The News of the World scandal is the smoking gun of Murdoch’s ethical leadership. I know the sleazy tabloid is across the pond, but there are few clichés more inevitably true than “the fish rots from the head down.” In ethics, it is the leader that sets the standards. The Murdoch media empire does not merely foster an ethically shaky culture, not just an ethically-flawed culture, but a shameless culture that doesn’t value ethics at all. Continue reading
Thanking Dick Williams…Finally
If you are not a baseball fan, or under the age of thirty, you probably never heard of Hall of Fame manager Dick Williams, who died yesterday at the age of 84. I never met Williams myself, but I have been indebted to him for four decades. I never told him the immense difference he made in my life, just by doing his job. Continue reading
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