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Custer, Gettysburg, and the Seven Enabling Virtues
On July 3, I always reflect on Custer’s grand heroism when his country needed it most, and how strange it is that he is best remembered for his worst blunder, when his greatest achievement was so much more important. I also think about how his life is a cautionary tale, reminding us of how easily our strengths can become our weaknesses, if we fail to understand how best to use them, or recognize when they are leading us astray. Continue reading
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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
Vanity Size Ethics
Many manufacturers of men’s pants routinely mislabel their products’ waist measurements, representing waist sizes as less, and sometimes considerably less, than they really are. Continue reading
