Schadenfreude, Ethics, and Those Fanatics Inside Us All
NBC baseball blogger Craig Calcaterra recently raised the sensitive issue of sports fan Schadenfreude, something that I have been afflicted with from time to time. The occasion was the recent injury to...
View ArticleComment of the Day: “Schadenfreude, Ethics, and Those Fanatics Inside Us All”
Rick elaborates nicely on the theme of my post on handling those fanatic personas that reside in each of us, and in the process takes the ethical measure of an iconic baseball broadcaster whose charms...
View ArticleUnethical Quote of the Week: Ink Tank
In the midst of happy things, a note of pure evil! Continue reading →
View ArticleNow THAT’S Unethical…But Funny! And Weirdly Satisfying…
I'm a horrible person. Continue reading →
View ArticleComment of the Day: “Nobody Should Be Cheering The Poll Showing President...
Veteran Ethics Alarms commenter Glenn Logan scores his fourth Comment of the Day! Continue reading →
View ArticleKicking A Lawyer When She’s Down
If it's any consolation, Sarah, the apology was fine, and having one drink too many on an empty stomach and a sleeping pill doesn't make you an unethical lawyer or a bad person. Continue reading →
View ArticleAnn Coulter’s “In Trump We Trust: E Pluribus Awesome!” : Unethical Book Title...
This is an acid test for Ann Coulter. If she has any integrity, if she has the best interests of her nation in mind, if she is a serious pundit and commentator rather than a venal troll, if she can be...
View ArticleSunday Morning Ethics Warm-Up, 7/8/18: Idiots, Bigots, Liars and Freakouts
Riddle: what do Darwin, James Woods, Justice Kennedy, "fuck the police" and fatal selfies have in common?
View ArticleMorning Ethics Warm-Up, 7/27/18: Welcome Nausea, Disillusionment, Guilt, And...
Feeling bad about Michael Peterson, bad about feeling good about Aaron Judge, and frankly, Michael Cohen, I just don't give a damn.
View ArticleComment Of The Day: “Morning Ethics Warm-Up, 3/15/2019: Fevered Ethics...
"It has to look to you like decades were spent setting up dominoes, and the people who set them are watching in horror as they fall down to spell 'Be ethical, or waste a few decades setting up dominoes...
View ArticleAfternoon Ethics Warm-Up, 3/26/19: The “What’s Going On Here?” Edition
Smollette, Avenatti...wouldn't you rather hear about the Mueller Report grieving?
View ArticleSunday Ethics Warm-Up, 4/7/18: Amazing Facts Edition: Every Marriage Is...
I bet you didn't know all this!
View ArticleA Typically Deranged Example Of The George Floyd Freakout In Destructive...
Now the statue-toppling, America-hating, woke-police have come for "Hamilton." Aw.
View ArticleColumbus Day Weekend Ethics Warm-Up, 10/10/2020: Dumb Tweets, Rigged Reviews,...
"Break a window or your daughter dies!" "I'm thinking! I'm thinking!"
View ArticleWhat Is The Ethical Response To Marcus Lamb’s Ironic Death?
Maybe God decided that enough was enough.
View Article“How Do You Respond When An Anti-Vaxxer Dies Of Covid?” I’ll Answer That…
Since you had to ask, Father...
View ArticleTwo Schadenfreude Treats!
1. The deified U.S. women’s soccer team lost to Sweden and exited the World Cup in the round of 16, its worst performance ever. Megan Rapinoe, the ostensible leader of the squad who made the team’s...
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