Your search for accountability returned 58 results.

Accountability & The Questions

Regular readers of these disambiguations know that I have strong views about accountability. There are two reasons. One is that we’ve known since childhood that wrongdoing should be punished. The absence of punishment is an affront to our sense of right and wrong and it leads to the second reason. In the absence of punishment… [read more]


Joe Biden Has To Be Better Than Super Bowl Commercials

Post 1,042 However odd it might be, we love our Super Bowl commercials as a form of entertainment. Millions tune in just for them, not so much for the football game. And with the cost for just 30 seconds of ad time at $7 million, the ad agencies and the companies they create ads for… [read more]


Violence

Post 1,034 Violence – Part 1 From David French’s piece Political Christianity Has Claws: ” .  .  .  when you combine theology and ideology but subtract virtue, you’ve created a formula for viciousness and strife. Raise the stakes to an existential or eternal level, remove the restraints of kindness and self-control, and watch the worst… [read more]


The Stupid

Post 1,004 ————————————— It Never Went Away Cowboy George W. Bush and his posse are back and that isn’t good. President Biden counseled Israeli leaders not to be consumed by rage because otherwise there will be horrible consequences. All of which is to say that there aren’t any good options for Israel; only various degrees… [read more]


Justice

The Presumption of Innocence is Still True But, c’mon: I can hear Ray Charles singing Georgia On My Mind. Our addiction to Non-Accountability Why do we do this self-defeating dance? I’ve concluded that it’s an addiction, a sickness, a commitment to rationalization, cowardice and self-imposed helplessness. Here are a couple of examples. I’ve often wished… [read more]


The Indictment of the Century – Until the Next One

We are being cautioned that the indictment of a former president and presidential candidate is a dark and serious moment in American history. I agree with the serious part, but this is a moment of light, not dark. It is a time of  cleansing sunshine and I just can’t stop smiling. This is a joyous… [read more]


1 2 3 6  Scroll to top