Tag Archives: honesty

Ethics Alarms Lubricant 2: Ken at Popehat on Integrity and Free Speech

An epidemic of integrity would begin to solve many of our nation’s serious problems, and defending free speech is an excellent place to start one. Continue reading

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Recipe Rationalizations

It takes a little courage and determination to be honest in accepting the fact that an individual you like, supported and trusted is in fact untrustworthy, but being able to muster the integrity to apply identical standards for wrongdoing and dishonesty to all and foe is basic ethics. Continue reading

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“Pow Wow Chow” Follow-Up: My Breitbart Interview On Harvard and Professor Plagiarism

Prompted by my post about Elizabeth Warren’s contributions to a “Native American cookbook,” Breitbart interviewed me regarding Harvard University and what it should do about plagiarizing professors. Continue reading

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Ethics Quiz: The Strange Case of the Illegal Lawyer

Should an illegal immigrant be admitted to the California Bar? Yes, that’s really the question… Continue reading

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The Significance of “Pow Wow Chow”

A cookbook contains recipes that make Elizabeth Warren less trustworthy, in my book. Continue reading

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Editor, Plagiarist and Ethics Dunce Extraordinaire Robert Ripley Meets His Worst Nightmare…

A plagiarizing editor is caught, exposed and shamed by an ethical blogger. Wonderful! Continue reading

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Ethics Round-Up in Race, Religion and Sex: GOP Bigotry, Georgetown’s Integrity, and Warren’s Absurdity

Playing catch-up: three important ethics stories that mustn’t get buried. Continue reading

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Time and Newsweek: Reaching The Dregs, and Ethics Be Damned

The question now is: how much lower can Time and Newsweek sink before they are put out of their, or our, misery? Continue reading

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Ethics Hero: Hillary Clinton

Mrs. Clinton shows the courage to do the bravest thing of all, for some women—show her real face. Continue reading

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Elizabeth Warren and an Affirmative Action Flashback

40 years ago, I talked an All-American girl into taking advantage of affirmative action. Continue reading

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