Showing posts with label morals and ethics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label morals and ethics. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 15, 2020

REPOST: "The moral and aesthetic nightmare of Christmas," by the late, great Christopher Hitchens.

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I've chosen to allow NA Confidential to run its course, and so to close out the dreadful pandemic year of 2020, I'll be making a da...
Wednesday, January 08, 2020

Two years ago: What does my being an atheist have to do with anything at all?

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Facebook reminded me of this post from January 8, 2018 . It generated 130 comments, which I'm not going to repeat here.  The content...
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Saturday, November 16, 2019

The national media discovers SoIn: "3 Indiana Judges Suspended After White Castle Brawl That Left 2 Of Them Wounded."

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Social media debates on this topic began shortly after the incident in May, then subsided, only to explode into the stratosphere when the...
Tuesday, January 15, 2019

ON THE AVENUES REWOUND: Jeff Gahan and Adam Dickey are Trumping the Donald when it comes to breathtaking moral turpitude. Have they no shame?

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ON THE AVENUES REWOUND: Jeff Gahan and Adam Dickey are Trumping the Donald when it comes to breathtaking moral turpitude. Have they no sha...
Monday, February 05, 2018

Gahan's NAHA putsch continues to dazzle the DemoDisneyDixiecrats, so let's ask Irving Joshua about zero threshold, employee drug testing and the status of "interim."

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Diligent readers will recall that in 2017, just after  Mayor Jeff Gahan shifted David Duggins from redevelopment to the New Albany Housin...
Friday, July 14, 2017

N & T's Beilman with delightful devastation for Deaf Gahan: "New Albany Housing Authority leaders knowingly violated policy, HUD order, documents state."

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And it comes as no surprise. "In a phone interview Thursday, (HUD spokesman Brian) Sullivan confirmed the board did not follow the re...
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Friday, February 17, 2017

Coffey, undemocratic Democrats "win" as Lorch ousted from city council attorney position.

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Matt Lorch is a stand-up guy, and he's taking the high road by insisting that the parting is mutual. Posterity will note that it...
Monday, February 06, 2017

Coffey v. Lorch: Masochism's as good as necrophilia to a blind yes-man, so off to council we go.

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Is it the Ides of March yet? It seems like a long time ago, but as the council minutes, January 19 was the night we learned about the pri...
Wednesday, January 25, 2017

ON THE AVENUES: Jeff Gahan and Adam Dickey are Trumping the Donald when it comes to breathtaking moral turpitude. Have they no shame?

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ON THE AVENUES: Jeff Gahan and Adam Dickey are Trumping the Donald when it comes to breathtaking moral turpitude. Have they no shame? A we...
Friday, December 16, 2016

Time for an encore: "The moral and aesthetic nightmare of Christmas," by the late, great Christopher Hitchens.

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I miss Hitch . Last considered here in December of 2014, Hitchens' anti-Christmas masterpiece sustains me during these weeks of ideolo...
Monday, November 07, 2016

Cornel West: "The rule of Big Money and its attendant culture of cupidity and mendacity have led to our grand moment of spiritual blackout."

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But hey -- WATER PARK! Spiritual blackout in America: Election 2016 , by Cornel West ( Boston Globe ) THE MOST FRIGHTENING feature o...
Sunday, February 07, 2016

Dear Jeff: "When Drivers Hit Pedestrians, Where Do We Lay the Moral Blame?"

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So why do so many people blame the pedestrian? Earlier today, I was walking on Spring Street, the world’s longest interstate entrance...
Saturday, October 17, 2015

Lane widths prominent as "FHWA prepares to knock down complete street barrier."

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It cannot be repeated often enough: Spring Street runs through a densely populated downtown urban area, and a revitalizing downtown busin...
Sunday, January 18, 2015

Voting: Financial security, illiteracy and moral framing.

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Frequent reader S introduces the topic of voting (and non-voting) patters of the financially insecure with this comment. This probably sa...
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Monday, January 12, 2015

"There is an evolutionary pressure pushing motorists towards hatred of cyclists."

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At Facebook, on the topic of Jeff Speck's Downtown Street Network Proposal , a person who lives in Jeffersonville and works in Louisvil...
Sunday, January 04, 2015

Lakoff: " Poor conservatives vote their identity as conservatives, not their lack of material wealth."

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Long but  recommended reading for Chairman Adam ... to be fair, for all of us on the "left" side of the aisle.  ... George Lako...
Sunday, December 14, 2014

"The moral and aesthetic nightmare of Christmas," by the late, great Christopher Hitchens.

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How I miss Christopher Hitchens. Introductory excerpts from Hitchens' timeless essay are reprinted below, so be sure to follow the lin...