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Hillary Clinton Misspoke – or Did She?

Hillary Clinton misspoke, she says, about the sniper threat when she visited Bosnia in 1996 – twelve years ago. Mrs. Clinton said that it was a rare thing for her to misspeak, telling her listeners on KDKA radio in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: “… Last week, for the first time in 12 years or so, I misspoke.”
Hillary […]

Character Checked by Nanny Cam

The weekend news carried yet another story about a nanny cam capturing assault of a baby. The hidden camera caught this nanny more than once in the act of shaking a crying, five-month old baby girl. It later caught her smothering the baby to keep her quiet. At her job, the mother saw the assault […]

Is Character Lacking in Political Figures?

Let me begin by saying that this is not intended as an analysis of every political figure. Just as each one has distinctive physical features, so each has distinctive moral features. The question is this: Do the majority of our political figures model moral excellence or something less?
Governor Spitzer of New York state is much […]

Respect a la Hollywood mode

You’ve probably heard of eating pie “a la mode” – meaning pie served in the current fashion or style. I’m thinking today about respect in the current Hollywood fashion or style. I use “Hollywood” to stand for the whole of the global entertainment industry: movies, TV, music, etc. How does respect look when it is […]

Teaching Respect as a Character Trait

Over the weekend, I was privileged to drive through a picturesque part of Montana. The roads were bare, but snow still covered the ground; the many, small lakes we passed were still frozen solid. Two white tail deer raced across one frozen lake, while many more white-tails rested under fir and western larch trees. A […]