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Category: Ethics

Al Franken

A few thoughts about Al Franken’s Current Situation

November 20, 2017 Arthur Lieber Ethics, Gender issues, Justice 2 comments

Unlike Donald Trump or Roy Moore, Al Franken seems to have a reasonable level of self-awareness. Hopefully that can put him in a position

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Government Working

A few thoughts on the word ‘work’

September 22, 2017 Arthur Lieber Activism, Community/Common good, Ethics, Good government, Republican Brain Leave a comment

There are few words in the English language that lend themselves more to disparate interpretations than ‘work.’ It’s been on my radar recently, first

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Mental health day

Mental Health Days were not just invented

July 16, 2017 Arthur Lieber Employment, Ethics, Human Rights Leave a comment

NBC Nightly News concludes most of its broadcasts with a segment that it calls “Inspiring America.” Because so much “bad news” is reported, particularly

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Jason Chaffetz

Do the unthinkable: double, triple Congressional Salaries

July 3, 2017 Arthur Lieber Congress, Corruption, Democracy, Ethics, Good government, Health care, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Of all people, conservative retired Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) tossed out the idea that Members of Congress should be given a monthly housing stipend

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Trump-Sessions

Guess who’s coming to dinner: Comey

June 9, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Civil liberties, Ethics, Justice, Republican Brain, Trump Leave a comment

When you think of James Comey and dinner, his January 27 solo soiree with Donald Trump is what probably comes to mind. And we

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Silent protesters

Could we have a little silence and reflection about the Comey thing?

May 10, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Activism, Community/Common good, Corruption, Democracy, Ethics, Republican Brain, Trump Leave a comment

At first I enjoyed it; Jeffrey Toobin on CNN going ballistic over the Comey firing. Then there was the normal outrage from Dana Bash

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Robert Spencer

Tension mounts with Islamophobic speaker scheduled at Truman State

April 10, 2017 Mary Di Valerio Activism, Civil liberties, Democracy, Ethics, Justice, Legal issues/Law, LGBT 8 comments

When I woke up this morning, I was outraged to discover that $3,050 in Truman State University funds (taken from the non-optional “student activity

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warning signs

Don’t pretend you didn’t see the warning signs about Trump: They’re everywhere

February 24, 2017 Renee Shur Activism, Ethics, Trump 2 comments

Sirens. Flashing lights. Alarm bells. The warning signals about the ethically compromised presidency of Donald Trump are growing louder and flashier as each day

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Would Trump nominees support the 25th Amendment?

January 30, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Democracy, Ethics, Justice, Republican Brain, Republicans, Trump Leave a comment

Some Republicans are seeing the light about Donald Trump in the White House. While he may have led a Republican tsunami in 2016, his

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conflict of interest

Trump’s laughable conflict of interest plan

January 13, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Ethics, Trump Leave a comment

Experts in the field of government ethics apparently had to restrain themselves from laughing out loud at Donald Trump’s conflict of interest plan, as

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