Tag Archives: guilt by association

February 21, 2012

The Girl Scouts, the Loyal Wife, and “Wisconsin Sickness”

Would you be comfortable with your daughter’s Girl Scout troop leader being married to someone obsessed with serial killers? A weird Wisconsin dilemma… Continue reading →

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Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Character, Family, Leadership, Professions, Public Service, Philanthropy, Charity, Romance and Relationships, The Internet

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July 27, 2011

Unethical Quote of the Week: WSJ Blogger James Taranto

A pure slime-job, this…well beneath Taranto’s standards, though he does dip low now and then, and as reprehensible an example of attack by unfair innuendo as you are likely to find, from McCarthy to Olbermann to Beck. Continue reading →

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July 27, 2011

Smearing John Kerry

You will seldom see as pure and despicable an example of using guilt by association than the current effort by some on the political Right to smear Sen. John Kerry based on recent revelations about Wade Sanders, like Kerry a Silver Star awardee, who introduced the Massachusetts Senator at the 2004 Democratic Convention. Continue reading →

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December 31, 2010

Hall of Fame Ethics: The Jeff Bagwell Dilemma

One baseball Hall of Fame controversy this year should be of interest to non-fans as well as fans, because it involves the proper application of the ethical principles of fairness and equity in an environment of doubt. It is the Jeff Bagwell dilemma. Continue reading →

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