Category Archives: Social Ethics

GUN VIOLENCE

As a nonviolent activist and pacifist, I am opposed to the resolution of conflict, both interpersonal and international included, by bullets.  As Martin Luther King, Jr., has stated, we have allowed our technology to outdistance our theology.  The increased access … Continue reading

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KUDOS TO GAY RIGHTS DEFENDERS

Finally, somebody got it right!  We are living in a time where many seem to want to return to the ostensibly halcyon days when states chose whether or not they wanted to abide by anti-discrimination laws.  Segregation, though upheld by … Continue reading

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HOLDER’S DEFENSE OF MURDER

Now, it is clear to me why Pres. Barack Obama and his administration have not made good on the promise to address due process at Guantanamo and to bring war crimes to bear upon the Bush Administration.  He wanted the … Continue reading

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Equalizing Life’s Chances

It is very convenient for politicians of whatever stripe to speak about the deteriorating middle class and what we need to do about it.  For some reason, it has become respectable to lament the dwindling of that segment of the … Continue reading

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VULTURE & MORAL CAPITALISM

Recently, Republican presidential (non-)contender, former Texas Governor Rick Perry, in a desperate attempt to salvage his hopeless bid for his Party’s nomination, characterized the leading primary candidate, former Governor Mitt Romney, as a “vulture capitalist.”  Of course, this name-slinging has … Continue reading

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CAIN IS STILL KILLING ABEL

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain characterized the Occupy Wall Street protesters as “orchestrated to distract from the failed policies of the Obama administration.”  Flagrantly ignoring fundamental rules of decorum, he told those … Continue reading

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THE VACILLATION OF A PRESIDENT

President Barack Obama remembers working with the poor on the south side of Chicago, but he has not sought to be an advocate for the alleviation of their plight.  During his campaign for the US presidency Obama refused to state … Continue reading

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REFLECTIONS OF 9/11

My workday on September 11, 2001, began strangely.  Members of my staff were huddled around an old portable television set and not in front of their computers as usual.  I was informed that something terrible had happened in New York … Continue reading

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POLITICAL STUCKNESS

As a body politic, we remain stuck in diametrically opposed positions as an artifice for distinction or differentiation.  This polarity is based on the fear that variance from the party line will result in ostracism and lack of support and … Continue reading

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MLK, JR. & ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

I know that it is improper never to say “never.”  However, I feel I must in order to set the record straight.  Martin Luther King, Jr., was never an advocate of capitalism in his campaigns for civil and human rights.  … Continue reading

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