Tag Archives: respect

It would be ethical, on this centennial of the Titanic tragedy, for those in a position to do so to make a concerted effort to honor the victims and their families by honoring the truth. Thanks to James Cameron and his movie, this is impossible. Continue reading →

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Filed under Arts & Entertainment, History, Popular Culture, Research and Scholarship, Science & Technology

Tagged as arrogance, artistic freedom, Charles Lightholler, fairness, honesty, James Cameron, misrepresentation, Molly Brown, respect, Titanic, William Murdoch

April 5, 2012

How Extreme Ideology Makes You An Insufferable, Mean-Spirited Jerk: Case Study…William Ayers

I thought trying to tar Barack Obama with his association with Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn at the University of Chicago and their financial support of his political career was a cheap shot by the conservative media in 2008, and I think so now. Nonetheless, I cannot help wonder about the taste and values of anyone who would voluntarily stay in the presence of these miserable human beings for more than a few seconds. Continue reading →

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Filed under Character, Citizenship, Government & Politics, U.S. Society, War and the Military

Tagged as Bernadine Dohrn, fairness, gratitude, jerks, Occupy Wall Street, President Obama, respect, William Ayers

March 31, 2012

It’s You, Keith.

When the same thing happens to you five times, you have to face up to it. You’re the jerk. Continue reading →

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Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Character, Journalism & Media, Professions

Tagged as accountability, Al Gore, bias, bias blindness, civility, Commitment escalation, confirmation bias, Current TV, Eliot Spitzer, ethics, fairness, humility, Keith Olbermann, meanness, MSNBC, psychology, respect, responsibility, restraint bias, self-awareness, self-fulfilling prophesy, self-serving bias, The Halo Effect, trust, trustworthiness, wisdom

March 28, 2012

Obamacare Defenders, Spinning

“It would be nice, it really would, if partisans on both sides of a legitimate, close issue of national importance would admit that there are valid arguments on each side, show some mutual respect, and not frame their arguments as if anyone who thinks differently is deluded, stupid or evil….” Continue reading →

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Filed under Government & Politics, Health and Medicine, Journalism & Media

Tagged as Dahlia Lithwick, health care reform, honesty, individual mandate, Melinda Henneberger, Necessary and Proper Clause, Obamacare, respect, spin, United States Supreme Court, Utilitarianism, Volokh Conspiracy