The source of good and evil
What the Jersey City massacre teaches us about ourselves Paradoxically, extremism begins with the noble human passion for attachment to...
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Yonason Goldson
- Dec 17, 2019
- 1 min
Slave mentality
Imagine that your fifth-grader comes home from school with the following homework assignment: "You own a plantation or farm and therefore...
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Yonason Goldson
- Dec 11, 2019
- 1 min
Is Peloton the essence of evil?
The problem with producing a weekly ethics video is not what to talk about, it’s what not to talk about. Impeachment hearings, refugees,...
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Yonason Goldson
- Nov 12, 2019
- 1 min
The optics of leadership
We should all think of ourselves as leaders and how our actions influence others
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Yonason Goldson
- Jun 18, 2019
- 1 min
6 points to consider before mixing business and politics
Lessons for balancing ethics and professionalism from Sarah Huckabee Sanders As Sarah Huckabee Sanders prepares to step down from her...
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Yonason Goldson
- May 22, 2019
- 3 min
Death by debate
What happened to Ben Shapiro? Not what you think. Not what he thinks. If you aren’t familiar with Ben Shapiro, you’re simply not paying...
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Yonason Goldson
- May 17, 2019
- 1 min
Everyday Miracle
Chris Miracle -- yes, that's his real name -- was driving through his hometown of Manntown, Florida, at 2AM. He was keeping a sharp eye...
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Yonason Goldson
- Apr 3, 2019
- 3 min
Bad reviews deserve five stars
We do no favors by showing misplaced compassion If memory serves, it was the spring of 1980, the last day of my class in introductory...
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Yonason Goldson
- Apr 2, 2019
- 2 min
Something's melting faster than the icecaps
If we want to solve our problems at the top of the world, we need to start by looking at the ground beneath our feet Tucker Carlson is...
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Yonason Goldson
- Apr 1, 2019
- 1 min
A plea for sanity
A local celebrity finally says "enough" In case you missed the headlines, Don Marsh, host of NPR’s St. Louis on the Air, summarily quit...
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Yonason Goldson
- Mar 28, 2019
- 1 min
5 Lessons from Bagel-gate
Global hunger, global refugees, civil war, economic meltdowns, admissions scandals, climate change… all these headlines fade away before...
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Yonason Goldson
- Mar 20, 2019
- 3 min
The Ivory Tower of Babel
What Operation Varsity Blues tells us about the direction of the country One day, seven decades ago, my father excitedly informed his...
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Yonason Goldson
- Mar 13, 2019
- 1 min
College admissions scam: Not just another ethics scandal
Would a parent cheat to get a child into college? Apparently so, if this week's headlines are any indication. The story of ...
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Yonason Goldson
- Mar 6, 2019
- 3 min
A Martyr in the Making
Don’t seek to destroy adversaries who can do a better job of it themselves Over the last two months, the letters AOC have become as...
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Yonason Goldson
- Feb 13, 2019
- 3 min
What’s wrong with Howard Schultz?
Does a third party have to be the third rail? “Wow, this could be it.” That was my reaction as I watched the 60 Minutes report on Howard...
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Yonason Goldson
- Feb 11, 2019
- 3 min
Who is Amy Klobuchar?
When I heard the name of the latest presidential candidate for 2020, a faint ring of familiarity tolled in the back of my mind. Then I...
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Yonason Goldson
- Feb 6, 2019
- 3 min
The ghost of Orwell rises again
The Virginia governor scandal ignores the past and threatens the future Have you ever made a mistake? Have you ever let slip a crass...
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Yonason Goldson
- Feb 4, 2019
- 1 min
Can censorship lead to freedom?
Lessons from a TEDx Talk that Went Terribly Wrong There’s nothing like a good TED talk, is there? Every once in a while, however, the...
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Yonason Goldson
- Jan 30, 2019
- 3 min
Another victim in the campus culture wars
The world has enough real problems without turning every road bump into an IED “You have something stuck in your teeth.” “You have a...
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Yonason Goldson
- Jan 23, 2019
- 3 min
Debunking the equality illusion
Life imitates art as we race for the lowest common denominator “The year was 2081, and everybody was finally equal.” If you haven’t read...
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