For those few romantics who made it all the way through mid-1998 without arriving at the conclusion that the Democrat Party is completely and irredeemably corrupt, the crowning blow should have come last September when not one Democratic senator called for President Clinton to resign in the face of the...
From accountants to zookeepers, professionals of all sorts seem to have a code of ethics these days. It was not always so. Until about 1800, ethics, especially professional ethics, was about character, honor and dishonor, virtue and vice. Ethics had nothing to do with formal codes of conduct. A true...
I'm always wary of declaring a particular moment in time the lowest ever in New Jersey politics, since anyone who lives here knows we don't set the bar that high to begin with. But surely, the past week has to be a contender for some dishonor. I get paid to...
While wondering about today's athletes . . . Celebrating the amazing life -- and mourning the tragic death -- of Pat Tillman does not lessen the importance of hundreds of U.S. soldiers who have died during the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Army Ranger's story of selflessness and...
I GREW UP AND WENT TO SCHOOL IN A FACTORY town, Flint, Mich., back in the days when everyone believed that the power of America was in American labor. Some guys I went to high school with couldn't wait to turn 18 so they could drop out and get a...
NEW YORK, Feb. 15 Kyodo Selected editorial excerpts from the U.S. press: AWAITING THE DISHONOR ROLL (The Wall Street Journal, New York) Congress has rarely been distinguished by its moral courage. But even grading on a curve, we can only describe this week's House debate...
NEW YORK, Feb. 15 Kyodo Selected editorial excerpts from the U.S. press: AWAITING THE DISHONOR ROLL (The Wall Street Journal, New York) Congress has rarely been distinguished by its moral courage. But even grading on a curve, we can only describe this week's House debate...
"George W. Bush promised us a foreign policy with humility. Instead, he has brought us humiliation in the eyes of the world. He promised to 'restore honor and integrity to the White House.' Instead, he has brought deep dishonor to our country and built a durable reputation as the most...
WASHINGTON -- On the 25th anniversary of Watergate, G. Gordon Liddy, a felonious conspirator in that historic scandal, took a commercial break on his radio talk show Tuesday and was immediately enveloped in audience applause and cheers, demonstrating once more that there is little dishonor without profit in this city....
He was full of fun and life, but he is remembered for his death. He was a man of honor who died in rank dishonor. His last words, which should have perished with him, have instead immortalized him. His name was Nathan Hale, and he hanged for espionage 232...
WASHINGTON -- The retiring Republican chairman of the House International Relations Committee on Thursday delivered a blunt description of the challenge facing U.S. policymakers on Iraq. "We need to find a way to get out of Iraq that doesn't cover us with dishonor," Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Ill., said in an...
Surfing the web America's most miserable sports cities According to Forbes.com, the most miserable sports city in America is Atlanta. No, PETA didn't compile the list. The dishonor is based on a weighting for cities whose teams have...
Six years ago, a mutual friend put Paul Miller and Ed Ketz together to produce a paper on ethics. We quickly found that we share a resolute distaste for accountants who defile the profession by espousing actions that dishonor the truth. In other words, we despise liars. That common interest...
WASHINGTON AFP — A leading scientific organization Thursday condemned as "racist" and "vicious" remarks by a Nobel Prize-winning US scientist who reportedly said black people are less intelligent than whites. The Washington-based Federation of American Scientists FAS said it was "outraged" by the remarks attributed to James Watson that...
THE TEARS of remorse came hard and fast and years too late as she stood before us all, her sweet face etched in agony, expressing sorrow and pleading for forgiveness. The former undisputed queen of American athletes was a shaking, sobbing mess. A pathetic vessel for misguidance...
PHNOM PENH AFP — Cambodia's former-king Norodom Sihanouk said he was "perturbed morally and psychologically" by the violence and childsex crimes that continue to plague his country, in a New Year's message posted on his website. The message, written in French, also condemned jealous husbands who kill their wives and...
ON August 31, 1954, a special Senate committee considered a resolution to censure Senator Joseph McCarthy for allegedly unethical behavior toward the United States Senate. Among the charges against McCarthy was contempt of the Senate or a senatorial committee. On December 2, 1954, the Senate approved a "Resolution of Censure."...
Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., March 8 AScribe Newswire -- In their new book "Game of Shadows," two San Francisco Chronicle reporters describe in detail how baseball slugger Barry Bonds used a variety of performance enhancing drugs over the past several years. ...
Throwing good money after bad is idiotic, but it happens all the time. Sales reps, sales teams, and entire companies continue pursue deals and strategies that aren't going to happen, simply because it's too painful to admit that the time and money already spent has been wasted. ...
Until relatively recently, teams had regular face-to-face contact. Now, with globalization and advances in communication technology, it is both possible and efficient to form dispersed international teams whose members can take advantage of their respective localities, time zones, and economic circumstances.Being a member of a dispersed team is a very...
