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Rep. Kirk’s False Award
How much dishonesty should the public tolerate in candidates for the U.S. Senate? Continue reading →
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Ethics Quote Of The Week, Government Shut-Down Ethics Train Wreck Division:...
A President who would target his own citizens, even his supporters---we know he allows his agencies to target his critics---is contemptible, as is any partisan or journalist who would argue that he...
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When Evil Doesn’t Seem Wrong: The Post World War II Lobotomies
Future generations are certain to look back on some beliefs and practices that we thought were right and just with the same disgust and disbelief with which we now view the lobotomizing of our damaged...
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Memorial Ethics: Under Armour’s “Disrespect”
Under Armour is the sole guilty party here---someone is going to complain about anything and everything now--- as is every company, corporation, celebrity, university, sports franchise and school...
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Independence Day Ethics Dunce: Sports Illustrated Illustrates How Too Many...
Sports Illustrated tweeted out the above image and message that linked to a story by “Extra Mustard.” That masterpiece noted that Senator John McCain attended Tuesday night’s Dodgers–Diamondbacks game...
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More “Blue Bloods” Ethics
Tom Selleck's "Blue Bloods," or "The Conflict of Interest Family" as we call it around our house, continues to explore difficult unethical dilemmas for an all-law enforcement family. Its latest...
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Ethics Hero: World War II Vet Burke Waldron
Thank-you, Burke Waldron, for your service, for making me feel young, and for having the integrity not to embarrass yourself, your contemporaries, and everyone else by making pathetic attempt at...
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A Horror Story From The Law vs. Ethics Files: The Mario Hernandez Saga...
Should the U.S. relent in this case, in light of special circumstances, and give Hernandez a break? Continue reading →
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From The “You Keep Using That Word…I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It...
The two terms for unethical conduct most often used inaccurately to sustain accusations are, ironically, hypocrisy and ad hominem attacks. You don't often see both misused in the same matter, though....
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An Especially Ugly Ethics Quiz: Cam Betrayed
They killed their trusting therapy dog. What should happen to them? Continue reading →
View ArticleFrom The Ethics Alarms “Somebody’s Got To Point This Out, And It Might As...
How about not picking favorites and signaling value biases, and instead try to treat all customers with equal consideration and respect, to avoid creating division, resentments, and entitlements?...
View ArticleProphesy Confirmed: SNL And Our Nation Of Assholes
the standard is that the mainstream media and virtually its entire work force and talent base now regard the simple fact of being a conservative, a Republican or a Trump supporter sufficient...
View ArticleArmistice Day Ethics Warm-Up, 11/11/18: Pettiness, Tit-For-Tat, And Fake...
"The pettiness, and the fact that it never ends and that its purveyors never tire of it, is what I take away from this non-scandal." Continue reading →
View ArticleMorning Ethics Warm-Up, 1/18/2019: “The Pussy-Grabber Plays,” And More
Fallout from Trump's masterstroke, fear at the Oscars, hate on the stage, and the commenter who got banned before he got started...
View ArticleEthics Quiz: The Dying Veterans Plea [Corrected]
Should a dishonorably discharged veteran subsequent exemplary life erase the dishonor?
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