Category: Ethics, Morality & Religion
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Taking a bit of a break from the faintly sinister and patently ludicrous political theater surrounding the US presidential campaign, I am happy to bring you news of a different kind. Stories that lift our spirits very often describe the triumph of the utterly vulnerable – the miserable underdog beating incredible odds. In this particular…
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After a shaky start, the Republican National Convention picked up tempo by midweek. The party reached its high point on Wednesday, the 3rd of September, when John McCain’s running mate, Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska brought the house down with her acceptance speech. McCain wrapped up the convention the next day with a patriotic story…
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Right wing religious bigots routinely hear from God. They are also given to interpreting natural and man-made disasters as retributive justice wrought upon those who stray from Christian values as defined by them – not a surprising quality among the deluded and the vindictive. But where the bigots go wrong is when they start believing that…
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After hurricane Gustav’s glancing blow derailed the Republican convention for a day, the news media and tabloids are all over hurricane Bristol, the real storm which is at the center of this year’s GOP festivities that threatens to expose the hypocrisy of the party’s "Family Values" bigots. Of course, the sanctimonious right wing morality brigade…
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Although the tabloid-style argument over the family shenanigans of the Palins has brought McCain’s VP pick into sharp focus, there’s another side to the much-vaunted abilities of Gov. Palin that you may not know of yet. This is who McCain has nominated for VP: "On March 27, the state House passed House Bill 256, Gov.…
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During the much publicized Q & A session (religious litmus test, really) with Pastor Rick Warren of the Saddleback Church on August 16, 2008, presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain reflected on wide ranging issues such as morality, personal tribulations and their vision for America. (McCain who went second, by the way, was not…
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Fellow blogger and law professor Ethan Leib, whose views on friendship and the law were discussed here at some length a while ago has a gig as a columnist on NYT’s Freakonomics blog. Ethan’s first post is up and it is about the legal aspects of friendship, natürlich. At least two more articles authored by Ethan…
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First he gleefully declared his wish to bomb them. Now he would like to see them die from smoking American cigarettes. Either way, John McCain is really eager to impose a death sentence on ordinary citizens of Iran. I doubt that the crazy but devout Ahmadinejad or the shadowy mullahs who pull Iran’s political strings…
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