Bret Favre, Meet Derek, LeBron, and Tiger
The latest addition to the pantheon of fallen idols is Bret Favre, the star NFL quarterback now suffering through the humiliating final season that was more or less guaranteed by his inability to...
View ArticleThe Dilemma of the Legless High School Pitcher
Is a high school baseball coach unethical to cut a talented pitcher with metal legs? Or are critics asking him to be unethical, granting special privileged because of the boy's disability? Continue...
View ArticleThe Message or the Messenger: The Mysterious Foundation For A Better Life
What is the Foundation for a Better Life, and should we trust its message? Continue reading →
View Article“The Star Thrower” and Ethics
I hadn't read the original version of "The Star Thrower." I'm glad I did. Continue reading →
View ArticleMy 15 Hollywood Cures For A Paterno-Penn State-Sandusky Hangover, Part 1
As I try to get over my own Penn State ethics hangover, I'll share with you the thirteen movies that I will turn to as I try to recharge my enthusiasm, inspiration, and hope. Here are #1 though 7:...
View ArticleMy 15 Hollywood Cures For A Paterno-Penn State-Sandusky Hangover, Part 2
The second half of the fifteen ethics movies I'm using to recharge the batteries drained by Joe Paterno. Continue reading →
View ArticleEthics Message of the Week: Henry Rollins
An inspiring and ethical video of taste and power, from artist/singer/ thinker Henry Rollins. Continue reading →
View ArticleCredit Ethics: New Ethics Alarms Policy
In the wake of the Mary Frances Prevost Affair, new rules on Ethics Alarms. Continue reading →
View ArticleEthics Quote of the Week: Wellesley High School Teacher David McCullough
A high school teachers tells graduates that they aren't as special as they have been told. I'm not sure his speech is as special as HE'S been told, either, but it's worth hearing. Continue reading →
View ArticleTrust and “The Paradoxical Commandments” of Dr. Keith
"Give the world the best you have anyway.". Continue reading →
View ArticleEthics Quote Of The Day: Lou Gehrig, July 4, 1939
74 years ago, baseball great Lou Gehrig rose above his own tragedy, by refusing to see it as one. Continue reading →
View ArticleMichael De Beyer, Like Don Bedwell, An Exemplary Ethics Hero To Inspire Us
People like Don Bedwell and Micheal De Beyer can can inspire us to build such a world, or if that seems too ambitious, at least a kinder, more generous one than we live in now. Continue reading →
View ArticleEthics Hero: Pasco High School (Dade City, Fla.)
A story of kindness, and it's not a movie. Continue reading →
View ArticleTen Movies For Independence Day Weekend
I hope you can catch at least one of these inspiring films this weekend, to remind you about some great things about the U.S. Continue reading →
View Article“Bang The Drum Slowly,” My Old Friend, and Me
Today I find myself in the shoes of pitcher Henry Wiggen, the narrator of “Bang The Drum Slowly.” Continue reading →
View ArticleComment of the Day: “’Bang The Drum Slowly,’ My Old Friend, and Me”
An eloquent and sensitive reader's evocative reflection prompted by my recent post following the sudden, but really not so sudden, death of an old friend over the weekend. Continue reading →
View ArticleEthics Tales: How Julia Sand Saved A President And Changed The Nation
She was one small, disabled woman who couldn't vote or hold office, yet she was, it seems, able to play a major role in bringing about crucial government reform, and persuading a President followed her...
View ArticleThe Seventh Annual Ethics Alarms Awards: The Best of Ethics 2015, Part II
Well, those are the ethics highlights in a very unethical year. Continue reading →
View ArticlePost-Election Morning Ethics, Early Edition [UPDATED]
Ethics observations following an amazing night in American history... Continue reading →
View ArticleHoliday Ethics Assigment: Quick! Watch These 25 Great Old Ethics Movies Again...
25 movies to keep you from acting like The New York Times editors, Jill Stein, and the cast of "Hamilton"... Continue reading →
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