Julian Assange
Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, spoke publicly last Sunday from the balcony of the Embassy of Ecuador in London where he has taken refuge from both the United Kingdom and the Swedish court...
View ArticleBishop Robert Finn
Last week Catholic Bishop Robert W. Finn, of the diocese of Kansas City, was found guilty of failing to report a priest that was suspected of being a child abuser. It is the first time in recent...
View ArticlePouring Oil on Fire-The Ethics of Provocation
In the past two weeks, we have witnessed anti-American mobs throughout the Middle-East in so called protest of an obscure anti-Islamic video produced by an even more obscure director of questionable...
View ArticleThe Butler
The story of Paolo Gabriele, the Pope’s former butler who is facing a three-judge Vatican tribunal who will rule according to a 19th century penal code, appeared in yesterday’s New York Times. He is...
View ArticleLance Armstrong
On October 22, 2012, the International Cycling Union announced that it was stripping Lance Armstrong of all of his 7 Tour de France titles endorsing the findings of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA)...
View ArticleHuman Trafficking
Tanya Mohn in her article « The Travel Industry Takes on Human Trafficking” published in the New York Times on November 9th 2012 writes that the travel industry has been “a long an unwitting...
View ArticleProposition 35
On November 6, 2012 (Election Day) Californians overwhelmingly, (more than 80%) passed a law (Proposition 35) that obligates convicted sex offenders to inform authorities of their email addresses,...
View ArticleResignation
We have witnessed in the recent past a number of notable resignations: The head of the CIA, General Petraeus for an extra marital affair; the incoming CEO of Lockheed Martin, Christopher Kubasik for a...
View ArticleSubway Horror
In the tragedy of the death of Ki-Suck Han, who was maliciously thrown on the subway track, allegedly by Naeem Davis much has been said and written about Umar Abassi, a free lance photographer for the...
View Article12/14
The mass execution of children and adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Connecticut last Friday will stay in our minds, hearts and collective memory for a very long time, just as 9/11 did....
View ArticleGun Control
The recent murders by gunfire of 20 first graders and six teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School has revived the long and highly emotionally charged debate about gun control in America. America’s...
View ArticleThe Weakest Link
The horrific nightclub fire that killed an estimated 230 people in Santa Maria, Brazil last Saturday is a national tragedy for the country. Accidents happen all the time, they are part of life....
View ArticleLegacy - Mayor Koch
On February 1, 2013 Mayor Koch passed away at age 88. A 3-time Mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989, his accomplishments were outstanding in difficult times. He was able to turn around a $ 1...
View ArticlePope Benedict XVI - Knowing when it is time to go….somewhere else
Last week’s decision by Pope Benedict XVI to resign from the Papacy was a real shocker for Catholics and non-Catholics alike. One would have to go back more than 600 years to find another Pope resign...
View ArticlePleading Guilty - Jesse Jackson Jr.
On February 19, 2013, Jesse Jackson Jr. former Democratic representative from Illinois pleaded guilty to fraud in the illegal use of $750,000 of campaign funds over a period of 4 years. His wife,...
View ArticleThe Ethics of Working from Home
The decision by Yahoo’s new CEO Marissa Mayer to disallow her employees from working from home caused quite a stir in the media. She seems to be going against a growing trend in corporate America....
View ArticleThe Ethics of Obesity
Mayor Bloomberg’s ban on the sale of super size soft drinks was reversed last week by NY State Court. The court determined that the Mayor did not have the authority to impose such as ban. The Mayor is...
View ArticleWinning Is Not Everything
Nike’s new advertising campaign featuring Tiger Woods provoked strong reactions both in the media and the public. The slogan of the campaign “Winning takes care of everything” is considered by many at...
View ArticleEthics Scandals in France
France has been rocked with two major ethics scandals in the past few weeks. At the center of the two unrelated scandals are two men, Jerome Cahuzac and Gilles Bernheim. Both men had brilliant...
View ArticleBoston Tragedy
Once again we were attacked by alleged Islamic extremists in Boston at the Marathon. The end result, 4 dead and more than 200 wounded some of them very seriously. Upon hearing the news most of us went...
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