moral character

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Trump and the Conservative Disposition

Roland Dodds October 10, 2016

In light of Trump’s most recent loathsome statements, it is clear the Republican Party has fewer actual...

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Stephen Glass Update

Burt Likko January 27, 2014

So, that Stephen Glass guy. Tried to become a lawyer. Whatever happened to him?

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Dreaming of the Guild

Burt Likko January 3, 2014

Now, before you get all in a huff about the California Supreme Court admitting an undocumented alien...

Lies, Damned Lies, and Bar Applications IFRL-TLC-Scenery-sweet-ice-cream-photography-210852-unsplash

Lies, Damned Lies, and Bar Applications

Burt Likko November 26, 2013

A few thoughts on recovering one's reputation for good moral character from very public past misdeeds. There...

Jaybird in reply to Koz on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaHow you feeling about the whole "Republicans are the party of fiscal sanity" thing given the tariffs…
Koz in reply to Jaybird on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaYeah, you’re right. I didn’t say “Trump is not even lying, he’s going to disappoint you, he’s not go…
Koz in reply to Jaybird on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaHas he shown up recently? I'm still here, barely. In fact, I just submitted a guest post which hopef…
Jaybird on From Marginal Revolution: o3 and AGI, is April 16th AGI day?The benchmark that makes sense to me: Can it beat Pokemon? 10-year-olds can beat Pokemon.
Jaybird in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Apparently, a guy went down to the address and, when the lady who lives there came out of his house,…
Dark Matter in reply to Chris on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Members of my extended family are homeless or headed there. They make terrible choices because of so…
Jaybird in reply to Chris on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025The extent to which that thought is comforting compared to "the government is feckless if not malici…
Chris in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025One of the interesting things about homelessness is that we don't want to spend resources on people…
Jaybird in reply to Chris on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Eh, it's fixing the problems you can talk about instead of the problems you can't talk about. And, a…
Chris in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Having a philosophy background, I'm sure you've thought a lot about language and thought (the house…