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No Excuses and No Mercy For Lance Armstrong

It is time to take down Lance Armstrong, without mercy, and treat him like any other cheat and fraud, indeed like what he is, one of the most outrageous cheats and frauds in out lifetime. If we don’t, our culture and our values will be worse for it. Continue reading

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On the Road With “The Biking Vogels”: What the Kids Are Learning

The Vogel boys’ obsession with food in their entries as well as incidents like this one, which appear to show the development of the skills and ethics of a young grifter-in-training, fuel concerns about their welfar Continue reading

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Child Exploitation or Great Adventure: What We Need To Know About “The Biking Vogels”

Before the Vogels make America more complicit in what may be the exploitation of their children, it would be reasonable and prudent to have them examined by competent professionals to ensure that the boys are as happy, healthy well-educated and well-adjusted as the family claims. “Good Morning America” didn’t do its research or its duty, so it is important that the next time, Nancy and John Vogel have to answer some of these questions. Continue reading

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The Ethics of Giving Up on Ethics

The growth of ethical rot in failed civilizations has always been fertilized by quitters. Continue reading

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Armstrong, Bonds, Steroids, and Bias

It’s time to be fair to Lance Armstrong—and Barry Bonds—by not closing our eyes to what is almost certainly the sad truth about another false hero. Continue reading

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