Tag Archives: intelligence
Character, American Values and the Defiant Driver
It is encouraging to know that some Americans still have what used to be known as American character. Continue reading
Filed under Citizenship, U.S. Society
More Than a Fool: Bachmann, John Quincy Adams, and Wikipedia
In one short week since the controversy erupted over Fox News anchor Chris Wallace daring to ask her on the air, “Are you a flake?” and her subsequent botching of both her answer and the question’s fevered aftermath, Rep. Christine Bachmann has stumbled into two flaky episodes. One—her mixing up Western movie star icon John Wayne with serial child killer John Wayne Gacy—was at least funny. The other, far less forgivable—her claim that the Founding Fathers “worked tirelessly until slavery was no more in the United States”—has signature significance. Continue reading
“Are You a Flake?” Ethics
With only four well-chosen words, Fox news anchor Chris Wallace accomplished several objectives Sunday, all of them in the best tradition of ethical, objective, responsible journalism.
The words were “Are you a flake?,” posed to Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, who is running for President. Continue reading
No, It Still Doesn’t Justify Torture
Where torture by a nation dedicated to preservation of each human being’s inalienable rights is concerned, the end never justifies the means. Even if the end is the death of Osama bin Laden. Continue reading
If President Obama Is So Smart, Why Does He Keep Doing the Same Dumb, Unethical Thing?
Last week, President Obama publicly declared a prisoner guilty of a serious crime for which he has yet to be tried. Continue reading
The Ethics of Killing Theresa Lewis
There were five arguments for not executing murderess Theresa Lewis, who just became the first woman put to death by Virginia in almost a century. Four of the arguments were flawed, but one was not. And one should have been enough to save her life. Continue reading
The Siena Research Insititute’s Lousy Independence Day Gift: Misleading, Biased and Incompetent Presidential Rankings
The Siena College Research Institute persuaded over 200 presidential scholars to participate in a survey designed to rank America’s forty-three Chief Executives. There is great deal to be leaned from the resulting list that the Institute proudly released on July 1; unfortunately, very few of the lessons have anything to do with the men on it. Continue reading
Roman’s Rule, Guam’s Peril and Rep. Johnson: No Minimum Standards of Competence For Congress
Roman Hruska thought we should make sure mediocre Americans had a voice. Ignorant Americans too, maybe. Meet Rep. Hank Johnson. Continue reading
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