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Incompetent Elected Officials Of the Month: Oh, Brother!
Here’s some disturbing information about the seriousness with which our representatives take their jobs, and the law of the land. Continue reading
Rush’s Apology, His Power, and His Responsibility
I sympathize—a little—but it’s strict liability for Rush Limbaugh. His ethics alarms were rusty. Continue reading
Paterno, Hoover, and Jones’s First Law
Jones’ First Law, one of many useful corollaries to Murphy’s Law (“Anything that can go wrong, will.”) is usually stated: “Anyone who makes a significant contribution to any field of endeavor, and stays in that field long enough, becomes an … Continue reading
The Tragedy of Monica Lewinsky
Monica Lewinsky’s life has never recovered from Bill Clinton. And he is accountable. Continue reading
Do Nicer People Earn Less Money? Of Course They Do. And That’s the Way it Should be.
On balance, disagreeable employees will get promoted more frequently than agreeable employees, unless they are so disagreeable that nobody can work with them. It has always been thus. Professors Livingston, Judge and Hurst think this is a revelation? Here is one more reason to question the costs of higher education. Continue reading
Group Bigotry: Is This The Way It’s Going To Be? AGAIN?
I already covered this topic when Christiane Amanpour held an unrestrained “males are inferior managers because all the blood rushes to their penises” session on ABC’s “This Week” a few Sundays ago, but since it is becoming clear that the outbreak of gender bigotry in the media is more widespread than ABC, a second alarm is warranted. Continue reading
Girl Talk and Bigotry Ethics: Celebrating One-Way Gender Bias on ABC
Women undoubtedly enjoy being pronounced superior in some respects without having to accept or tolerate the burden of being inferior in others. Nevertheless, this blatant double standard is neither fair nor factual, and giving it such an unbridled airing on a Sunday morning public policy TV program is indefensible. Continue reading
Abuse of Power and Press Intimidation At The White House
ncreasingly, it seems to me, a favored tactic of stalwarts, in the media and out of it, of the Obama administration is to try to silence critics rather than rebut them. This takes many forms: intimidation by labeling all criticism as proof of racism; using distorted definitions of civility to induce self-censorship, as with the “No Labels” effort and the attacks on Sarah Palin in the aftermath of the Tucson shooting; denying appropriate news coverage to stories illustrating the Administration’s copious missteps and shortcomings; and even calls for regulatory censorship of talk radio and Fox News on the theory that they are harmful and dangerous. This trend is disturbing. For the President of the United States to preside over efforts news media intimidation is more than disturbing; it is frightening. Continue reading
Comment of the Day on “Girl Talk and Bigotry Ethics…”
Commenter Linda’s kind of thinking, and acting, makes our communities, our nation and our lives infinitely less productive and pleasant. And that’s why this is a very instructive Comment of the Day. Continue reading →
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