Category Archives: Ethics

There Must Be Consequences to Lying and Bearing False Witness

Posted on August 19, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

I never thought I would have to write about something that should be completely obvious, but, well, [gestures wildly at everything]. And this isn’t in response to a given Trump or Trump administration utterance because the lying is constant. But … Continue reading →

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Will the NY Times Rescind Its Invite to Project 2025’s Kevin Roberts?

Posted on September 11, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Because it should. On Sept. 5, the New York Times announced that Kevin Roberts, head of the Heritage Foundation and the impetus behind Project 2025, was one of their speakers at its ‘Climate Week NYC’, which is “an annual event … Continue reading →

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It’s Not Just Grief, It’s Also Guilt

Posted on March 25, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

A couple of weeks ago, the Atlantic pushed a piece arguing that the Great Crankiness is due to unprocessed grief over COVID. That might be, but I think there’s something else involved too: guilt. Put simply, as this study lays … Continue reading →

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It’s About Ethics in Footnoting

Posted on January 9, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

Wall Street short seller Bill Ackman learned the hard way, after pushing hard for the resignation of former Harvard president Claudine Gay due to plagiarism, that one has to be careful about such things, as last week, Business Insider had … Continue reading →

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Tweet of the Day

Posted on May 5, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Some of the people making the “he was threatening argument” are completely unaware of how threatening their actions are: If nothing else, a bunch of men would be dead at the hands of women. Also, just read Roy Edroso. Troll … Continue reading →

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The Mayoral Retirement Non-Crisis

Posted on June 21, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

Over at Politico, there’s an article about how many mayors are deciding to leave office, in part, due to trials and travails of the COVID-19 crisis. This is presented as a bad thing. That is wrong. Some asshole with a … Continue reading →

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We Have Run Out of Good Choices

Posted on August 19, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

There is only deciding which choice is worse. From Takoma, in D.C. (boldface mine): A proposed 200-bed shelter in D.C. to house detained immigrant children is likely to face a number of legal and regulatory obstacles from city officials and … Continue reading →

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On Elliot Abrams

Posted on February 15, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

Sometime after the Iraq War, I remarked to a friend that everyone who supported that war should be hounded from political life. He responded, “That would mean about half of Democrats and most Republicans would be disqualified.” To which I … Continue reading →

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First, We Stop The Dying. Then, If Needed, We Worry About Inflation

Posted on January 31, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

With radical centrist Howard Schultz tossing his hat into the ring, as predicted, radical centrists are starting up with the ‘how are you going to pay for it?‘ crap. The snarky answer would be, “We’ll pay for it the same … Continue reading →

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MLK On Civil And Human Rights

Posted on January 21, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

This lengthy article (pdf) about Martin Luther King from 1968 is worth a read today. It’s a very good rebuttal to those who would ignore the economic consequences and causes of racism.

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