Letter to voter from election board in Ohio, Read more http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/10/29/121029fa_fact_mayer#ixzz2A2rXuyRB[...]
Posts Tagged ‘ethics’
September 11th, 2012 - 8:25 am § in Politics
BREAKING NEWS: Chicago Teachers Union strike over job security and teacher evaluations.
Chicago Sun Times: Mayor Rahm Emanuel identified the two major sticking points ijn the strike: : job security and teacher evaluations. School,Board President, Vitale conceded negotiators did not even attack what the mayor contended are the two biggest issues in the nine-month dispute. “The union s[...]
I dare Mitt Romney to make Patrick Fitzgerald his Veep!
Chicago, IL – Patrick Fitzgerald is stepping down as the U.S. attorney in Chicago. In 1994, Fitzgerald became the prosecutor in the case against Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman and 11 others charged in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. In 1996, Fitzgerald became the National Security Coordinator[...]
Do Pollsters Lie?
Reposted from Daily Kos Electionsby Steve SingiserRasmussen’s status as an infallible pollster to the right, and a inevitable source of derision to the left, has been well established for years. But, looking at some of their recent polling (most notably, their daily tracking poll of the[...]
April 22nd, 2012 - 1:25 pm § in Politics
MOVEON Protest at Microsoft …
MoveOn is planning a sit in at Microsoft. (below) One activist’s POV: What needs to happen is organizing a union of Microsoft workers. You have to understand these software engineers. They have worked very hard in school to learn their skill and they have a one tracked brain. Start pas[...]
The Boycott Limbaugh List Grows ……….
UPDATED Here is a list of advertisers who have now left the Limbaugh show: AOL CARBONITE QUICKEN LOANS PROFLOWERS SLEEP TRAIN SLEEP NUMBER LEGALZOOM Updated 6 March: Vitacost AccuQuote ServiceMagic Polycom Hadeed Carpet Thompson Creek Windows. BareEscentuals SensaWeightLoss Stamps.com Deere & Co[...]
The Price Iran is Paying For its Nukes
Feeling the Pain in Iran (excerpts from article in Foreign Policy) Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence did something remarkable three months ago: It used its website to publish a report (link in Farsi) calling for direct talks with the country’s foe, the United States. …. President O[...]
LETTER FROM ELSEVIER: THEY WITHDRAW SUPPORT FOR THE RESEARCH WORKS ACT
At Elsevier, we have always focused on serving the global research community and ensuring the best possible access to research publications and data. In recent weeks, our support for the Research Works Act has caused some in the community to question that commitment. We have heard expressions of sup[...]
January 23rd, 2012 - 10:03 pm § in Uncategorized
Paternalism in the Hippocratic Oath
Jules van Schaijik of the Personalist Project writes about the Hippocratic Oath (excerpted) “Toward a Reconstruction of Medical Morality”, by Edmund D. Pellegrino, provides a good example. The Hippocratic ethic, Pellegrino thinks, is paternalistic to a degree that is simply no longer acceptabl[...]
Printing has been replaced by posting. Owning and profiting from “News”
In a country where people pause what they’re doing and turn up the news on the hour without thinking about it, the need for quality online journalism is obvious. ….. Jerusalem Post. About 4000 years ago the ancient Hebrews, my ancestors invented the first phonetic alphabet. The result wa[...]