Category Archives: Social Ethics

SACRIFICE FOR THE SICK

It is a principle of community that each watch out for the other as much as possible—for reasons of safety, childrearing, role modeling, and stability.  Oftentimes, people do not want to get involved in the neighborhood, for a focus on … Continue reading

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TAX CUTS, PHILANTHROPY, & SOCIAL CHANGE

Extending the tax cuts for the wealthiest in the United States was an unnecessary concession of the Obama Administration, which is concluding a very disappointing second year in the executive office.  These acquiescences on the part of Pres. Obama to … Continue reading

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REFLECTIONS ON MIDTERM ELECTION

Approaching the midterm election, I was very apprehensive.  I knew the electorate would regard the economic woes of the past two years as President Obama’s fault—having unfairly developed a convenient amnesia about the erstwhile Bush administration.  Admittedly, I have been … Continue reading

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TICKETING SPEEDING–WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD!

Over the last three years, I have been cited for speeding more than the previous quarter of a century since I have been driving as an adult!  I am not certain what has caused this increase in apprehension, for I … Continue reading

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RACCOON LAMPOON

I wouldn’t call myself a city slicker, but I did grow up in an urban area compressed with people.  My developmental years were spent in an eight-story tenement building, one of sixteen, in Fairfield County, Connecticut, which at the time … Continue reading

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NATIVE AMERICAN GARBAGE LEAGUE

The singular landfill in Hawaii is along the Leeward Coast in Oahu, an area that houses a poor community of indigenous, or native, Hawaiians.  So, when you want to relieve your country of inordinate amounts of garbage, why not parallel … Continue reading

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WHAT’S UP, DOC (LAURA)?

Dr. Laura Schlessinger knew that she was being provocative with her guest, but she did not care.  She ignored the response of the caller who had expressed distaste for the expletive the radio counselor was reiterating.  The discussion of interracial … Continue reading

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REMEMBERING LOUIS ARMSTRONG

Recently, I was driving in my car and happened to pop into the CD player a disc of the greatest hits of Louis Armstrong.  I don’t listen to music very much, but when I do, it’s usually some old gospel … Continue reading

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MADNESS OVER A MOSQUE

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government … Continue reading

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Big Brother & Encryption

Yes, I own a Blackberry, as do many individuals for personal and professional use.  Because the cell-phone business is highly competitive, the fact that numberless people—allegedly ninety percent of the U.S. population—own a cell phone is a bad market reality … Continue reading

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