The Whistleblower Protection Act: Which ‘Disinterested Observer’ Gets to Decide?*
Update (below). Yesterday, POTUS signed a touted “Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act” which was passed unanimously by the Senate. Relatively short, …
Monthly Archives: November 2012
Thanksgiving Fun: The Prez’s Memo on Insider Threats…and Anti-Whistleblowing Pursuits?
Updated below. Last Wednesday was Nov. 21, the day before a long Thanksgiving weekend when most journalists, employees, and majority …
Power, Ethics, Etiquette: The Liberal Sincerity of MSNBC Journalists
Updates I & II below: I’m having difficulty seeing what others on Twitter have called the ‘mean-spiritedness’ and ‘antagonism’ of …
Israel’s “Right to Self-Defense” is Kinda Like “Reverse Racism”: Hardly an Equal Playing Field
Since Israeli broke the ceasefire with Gaza last Wednesday, 100 Palestinian civilians have been killed. Number of Israelis killed: 3. …
Holding Their Feet to the Fire: Are We or Aren’t We Serious?
Robert E. Prasch The reelection of Barack Obama has induced two responses from liberals and progressives. On the one hand, …
The NYT and “Targeted Killings”: Which Fork to Use?
The NYT Room for Debate of yesterday led with the question: How can Targeted Killings Ever Be Justified? It was …
Meditations on White Privilege and Racial Injustice
Update I & II (below): In the months leading up to last week’s elections, there were multiple occasions when white …
It’s Still Not Safe to Read The Nation
Update I (below): I thought it was safe to read The Nation again, since election season is over. I was …
Post-Election Day 2012: The Good Guys Won, but Did Progressives?
Update I & II & III: Below Well, here we are. On the other side of that Great American (non)Test. …
Election Day 2012: It’s the Day After That Matters
Update I below: This past weekend I talked with a philosopher friend about her conundrum over how to vote in …
