Perfectly Legal, But Wrong
When “perfectly legal” is a lame excuse for doing the wrong thing
Society and Politics
The Shame of Ashvegas
Police no longer protect and serve, but see “war” and “battlespace.” How did the right of protest become an act of aggression against “law and order.” It did not.
Senate Republicans Create Tax Giveaway for Trump & Others in 2 Trillion Bailout
At a time when some of our lowest paid workers are on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, with the U.S. being hit particularly hard, a huge and historic bailout bill was hammered out by Republicans and Democrats in Congress. Time was of the essence. But, somehow, in the fog of a pandemic war, GOP Senators remembered to keep on giving to members of “the 1%.”
Ethics and the Coronavirus
In the United States, business executives are foregoing first class tickets on commercial airlines in favor of private planes. The well-to-do have begun traveling to more remote locations. Concierge doctors are seeing a rise in wealthy clients consulting on best practices to avoid the virus.
Hunter, Jared and Ivanka: On Nepotism and Moral Obfuscation
Nepotism is common in many nations. Can we meaningfully compare benefits to Hunter Biden with Donald Trump’s children?
Shallow, Self-Serving Lies About “the Deep State”
President Trump’s senior policy advisor, Steven Miller, has played the “deep state” card in responding to the news that President Trump tried to use taxpayer fund to persuade the Ukrainian government to investigate possible corruption there by Joe Biden’s son. The CIA...
Red Alert: Your Boss Can Force you to Attend a Socialist Political Rally!
It’s true, and it’s so wrong. As U.S. laws are written, employers can fire or demote you for any number of reasons, as long as they don’t offend federal or state statutes. These include statutes that protect employees from discrimination based on race,...
America: Love it or Leave it?
A bumper sticker message from the sixties, and still available today.
Jeffrey Epstein’s Army of Attorneys
It is clear to most informed readers that no real justice was done in Jeffrey Epstein’s 2006 federal case. In that case, given to the FBI when Palm Beach police became convinced that state prosecutors were soft-peddling Epstein’s activities, Epstein was accused of...
Loyalty, Lies, and the Rule of Law
Our U.S. Attorney General has become the Attorney in Particular. The particular? Bill Barr is now clearly loyal to one person, and not to the people of the United States, or even the U.S. Constitution....
“Capitalism, Socialism, and Freedom” in the Trump Era
by Don Mayer March 23, 2019 Republicans are in attack mode against some Democratic candidates for election in 2020. By calling them “socialist,” they hope to brand them as less-than-fully-American, not “freedom loving” enough, and thus unelectable. But...