It's Ethics, Stupid!
  • Home
  • About Jim
  • Archives
  • Books
  • Polls
  • Contact Jim
  • Business
  • Character
  • Courage
  • Heroes
  • Integrity
  • Journalism
  • Media
  • Medicine
  • Politics
  • Science
  • Sports
  • Technology

Recent Commentaries

Featured image for “Remembering Eisenhower’s Farewell Address”
Remembering Eisenhower’s Farewell Address
The following, written by David Krieger, gives us a closer examination of President Eisenhower’s final thoughts before leaving office, regarding the growth of military budgets. It’s interesting to look at in light of today’s continuing build-up of nuclear weapons in particular. Yesterday, January 17, 2011 was the 50th anniversary of President Eisenhower’s Farewell Address to the nation in which he...
Read More
January 18, 2011
  • Citizenship
  • Government
  • History
  • Personalities
Featured image for “The Legacy”
The Legacy
Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint is the Director of the Media Center at the Judge Baker Children’s Center in Boston and one of the nation’s leading psychiatrists. He is also a Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. A highly regarded specialist on race relations in America, Dr. Poussaint has served as a consultant to many corporations and government agencies. He...
Read More
January 17, 2011
  • History
  • Responsibility
The Three Amigos and Other Updates
After closely following these commentaries and reading the results of the survey, Discordant Voices, I’m sure you’re all asking… “So, where’s the promised book, Jim?” While I was hoping the e-book– an ethical examination of Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and Ann Coulter – would be ready this past fall, I’m now looking at a March release date. Besides making sure that all...
Read More
January 3, 2011
  • Accountability
  • Personalities
  • Responsibility
Prev 1 … 12 13 14

Read Some of the Most Recent Articles
The Latest... And Often Greatest
“If I wasn’t in the White House, Leo wouldn’t be in the Vatican”
Question: How low can Donald Trump go?Answer: Low enough to attack the head of the Catholic Church and, by extension, 1.4 billion Catholics. His latest...
  • Civic Responsibility
  • Conscience
  • Cynicism
  • Extremism
  • Leadership
  • Personalities
  • Religion
We
What will define us at 250 years—not our disagreements, but what we are willing to believe about one another, and about the truth itself? As...
  • Civic Responsibility
  • Democracy
  • Responsibility
An Easter Message That Matters
On Thursday, three days before Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIV delivered a message that went straight to the point. “Leadership is not measured by authority,...
  • Accountability
  • Compassion
  • Conscience
  • Golden Rule
  • Inspiration
  • Personalities
  • Religion
  • Responsibility
The Man Who Feared What We Might Become
Since my dinner with Jefferson, Hamilton, and Madison, I’ve been reading more about James Madison, who’s often called the father of the Constitution. What struck...
  • Character
  • Civic Responsibility
  • Democracy
Same Price. Same War. Different Truth
In the winter of 1863, as the Civil War dragged into its third year, prices in the North rose sharply. Coffee, flour, and coal steadily...
  • Civic Responsibility
  • Democracy
  • Ethics
  • Truth
Who Writes This Stuff: Jim or A.I.?
With the incredible rise of artificial intelligence comes a set of questions, among them: Did the writer write the text, or did A.I.? Or… maybe...
  • A.I.

Browse Commentaries by Year

  • 2023
  • 2022
  • 2021
  • 2020
  • 2019
  • 2018
  • 2017
  • 2016
  • 2015
  • 2014
  • 2014
  • 2013
  • 2012
  • 2011
  • 2010
  • 2009
  • 2008

It's Ethics, Stupid!
  • Accountability
  • Art
  • Business
  • Character
  • Citizenship
  • Compassion
  • Confucius
  • Corporate Responsibility
  • Courage
  • Cynicism
  • Diogenes
  • Education
  • Entertainment
  • Ethics
  • Fairness
  • Finance
  • Forgiveness
  • Golden Rule
  • Government
  • Gun Safety
  • Health Care
  • Heroes
  • History
  • Honesty
  • Hope
  • Integrity
  • Journalism
  • Justice
  • Loyalty
  • Media
  • Medicine
  • Military
  • Personalities
  • Philosophy
  • Politics
  • Pursuit of Excellence
  • Respect
  • Responsibility
  • Science
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • The Lone Ranger
  • Tolerance
  • Trust
  • Whistleblowers

©2008-2026 Jim Lichtman
Home | About Jim | Archives | Contact Jim | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy

  • Home
  • About Jim
  • Archives
  • Books
  • Polls
  • Contact Jim