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Bully Pulpit Ethics: Obama’s Alarming Flat Learning Curve
President Obama has now had plenty of time to absorb the fact that the President does not have a blank check to insert himself into every local controversy and use his office to sway public opinion and...
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LaBron, Steinbrenner, and Warped Sports Ethics
When a George Steinbrenner is praised for sportsmanship, the word loses all meaning. Continue reading →
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The Fat Kid, the Slippery Slope, and the Cliff
When a society sees more justification for removing a child from his family because he is fat than when his mother is on crack, has no job, beats her children or lives with a succession of men of...
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Naked Teacher Principle Sighting in Ohio
Not enough teachers read Ethics Alarms. Continue reading →
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Charles Ramsey Is A Hero. Show Some Damn Respect.
Charles Ramsey should be receiving nothing but respect, Instead, he is fodder for jerks. Continue reading →
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Psychic Ethics: Sylvia Browne’s Dilemma
Sylvia Browne is being subjected to abuse that makes no sense at all. Continue reading →
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A Prosecutor Lies, But It’s For A Good Cause…
How much, if at all, do we want prosecutors to be able to lie or engage in “dissemblance,” as a New York ethics opinion coyly described it, to apprehend and convict dangerous criminals? How can we...
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Now THIS Is An Unethical Judge…
A previously respected judge has a bad day behind the wheel. Continue reading →
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Ebola Ethics Train Wreck Update
Wow! THAT train wreck picked up passengers FAST! Continue reading →
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Perfect Timing: The Tamir Rice Shooting
An unarmed black boy is dead, shot by a white cop, and that is just what the Hate Doctor ordered. Continue reading →
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It Begins Again: The Unethical News Media Fights For Control Of Another...
When did journalism decide that stirring the pot was responsible journalism? Continue reading →
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The Brelo Acquittal: Once Again, No Just Cause For Protest
The wrongful actions of police officers elsewhere should never strip an individual officer like Brelo of the recognition of the special peril facing police every day, and the benefit of the doubt....
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Dear BlackLivesMatter And Friends: If You Won’t Be Responsible, At Least...
Such protests, based on bias and ignorance, should be regarded as expressions of emotion, touching but useless. They do not help. They make matters worse, by confusing the public and confounding the...
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Columnist Malpractice On The Tamir Rice Tragedy
Lonnae O'Neal has a right to state her opinion, no matter hwo destructive and wrong, and the right to try to persuade an equally incompetent editor to allow it to be published. Such an editor should...
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Dead Ethics Alarms And Dead Brains In Cleveland
This particular mistake will cost far more than a lousy 500 bucks in lost trust, resentment, anger, and faith in the values and competence of the government. Continue reading →
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Obviously, Democratic Base Demonstrators Are Planning To Disrupt July’s...
Both parties, the President and the candidates, and the news media need to start being smart and competent in the interest of democracy. Continue reading →
View ArticleMorning Ethics Warm-Up, 9/5/17: “Close Encounters,” A Bad Bank, A...
From Spielberg to John Legend to the NFL, and beyond.. Continue reading →
View ArticleMorning Ethics Warm-Up, 7/2/2018: Bad Neighbors And Bad Journalism
As we learn who understands what terms like "good neighbor," "honest journalism," "conflicts if interest," "corruption" and "rule of law" mean... Continue reading →
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