Notice for Aug 17th, 2008
Holiday NoticePlease note: In observance of a one-week summer holiday, Ethics Newsline® will not be published during the week beginning Monday, August 18. Our news digest and commentary will return on Monday, August 25. Our best wishes and thanks to all of our readers.
Commentary
John Edwards, UndefendedNations and neighborhoods, facing constant threats, set up military and police forces. Boxers and blackbelts never stop expecting the unexpected. Corporate IT departments create intricate systems to defend computers against viruses. Politicians and candidates…. Why can’t we finish that sentence?
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Many Nations Conflicted about Holding Olympics in China
For more information, see this week’s Research Report.
What They're Saying
Minimum Things“You can’t say, ‘You’ve got to free Tibet or embrace Falun Gong.’ And I’m not convinced that the way to get China to respond positively is to splash headlines in the Western press. But certainly some things are not so sensitive that they can’t even be discussed. We probably should have said, ‘Here are some [...]
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Olympic Games Begin as Ethics Issues Remain UnresolvedThe Olympic Games got off to an aesthetically impressive start last week with a lavish and stunning opening ceremony, but in the run-up to the games, it remained obvious that some ethical issues remained outstanding.
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Change“There is danger in reckless change, but greater danger in blind conservatism.”
– Henry George (U.S. political economist and author, 1839-1897)
Letters From Readers
Feedback on Fannie, Freddie, and ‘Petty Fudgings’Several readers commented on last week’s commentary by Rushworth Kidder, in which he asserted that the root causes of the problems faced by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-backed institutions guaranteeing the majority of home mortgages in the United States, were the millions of “little gray lies” and “petty fudgings” in mortgage applications and [...]
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