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Comment of the Day: “The Tears of Keith Ellison”
Less to do with the post and more concerned with weightier matters is this thoughtful comment by blameblakeart, the Comment of the Day. Continue reading
Ethics Hero: Kirk Douglas
All of Kirk’s heroes and anti-heroes followed him on stage last night: Spartacus, Ned Land, Col. “Jiggs” Casey, Detective Jim McLeod, Vincent Van Gogh, Midge Kelly, Doc Holiday, Jim Deakins, Einar (my favorite, in “The Vikings”), and the rest, and they all took a last curtain call with the bravura actor who gave them life. Continue reading
Comment of the Day: “Osama’s Assassination: The Ethics Elephant in the Room”
Commenter Margo Schulter delivers a powerful, passionate, eloquent absolutist rebuttal to my post asserting an ethical defense of Osama bin Laden’s targeted killing/assassination/execution by U.S. military personnel. Continue reading →
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