Tag Archives: Colorado

The Case of the Sexy Six-Year-Old

Another “no-tolerance” school fiasco Continue reading

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Ethics Quiz: Sydney’s Expressive Yearbook Photo

Was poor, comely Sydney ill-treated when the Yearbook rejected her innocent photo? Continue reading

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Comment of the Day: “Murder House Ethics and the Validity of Feelings”

Tgt, the ghosts of whose earlier argument in series of comments haunted me prompted a revisit to the issue of murder houses and a seller’s obligation to reveal their history to potential buyers, came back with this Comment of the Day, thought-provoking, as usual. Continue reading

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Murder House Ethics and the Validity of Feelings

Don’t tell me that I shouldn’t feel sad at my father’s gravesite, and don’t tell me I shouldn’t feel less cozy in a home where people have been dropping like flies. I do. It’s a normal human reaction, whether we call it superstition, or nervousness, or the result of seeing too many horror movies. It’s still real. It doesn’t matter whether it’s sufficiently rational for somebody else. It’s real to me, and I’m the one who has to live in the house. Continue reading

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Colorado’s Adultery Dilemma

Colorado once made adultery illegal to show its disapproval of the practice, a well-intentioned exercise of the government’s legitimate function of helping to set positive cultural and societal norms. Having done that, there is no way to repeal the law, non-functional as it is, without sending the opposite message. Continue reading

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Are Conviction Bonuses For Prosecutors Ethical?

A Denver area DA offers financial incentives for felony prosecutors who meet her office’s goals for convictions. Oh-oh. Continue reading

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What the Realtor Didn’t Tell You About Your New Home

There are some things that home buyers have a right to know, even if the law doesn’t say so. Continue reading

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Ethics Dunce: Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gesslar

Scott Gessler,Colorado’s Secretary of State, taking cases as a private attorney doesn’t “raise ethical issues,” it is flat-out unethical, and in many respects. Continue reading

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Should a Prosecutor Be Lenient So A Rich Felon Can Keep His Big Bucks Job?

Rich guy commits felony, writes big check to victim, avoids jail time. Is this American justice? Continue reading

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Plagiarism, Lies, and the Shameless Scott McInnis

It it is national suicide to elect the Blumenthals, Mark Kirks, and others who have already indicated that they are habitual liars. Does Colorado care that GOP candidate for Governor, Scott McInnis may be worse than any of them, the most shamelessly unethical of all? Continue reading

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