Recent Maureen Masson Commentaries

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It’s Getting Better
Continuing to share local individuals’ experiences with the Covid-19 virus, and the quarantine orders issued by California state governor Gavin Newsom, Maureen (Mo) Masson worked as a private duty nurse in Los Angeles before joining the Air National Guard to help treat burn patients returning from Vietnam. Her last military assignment was in Desert Shield before retiring in 1992 as...
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May 6, 2020
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Is Ethics Dead? – Conclusion
What kind of leadership… what kind of citizenship, will it take to restore and live the values we claim to believe? It begins with service....
Is Ethics Dead? – Part II
What will it take to restore the values we claim to believe in before the damage becomes irreversible? They will not be restored by slogans,...
Is Ethics Dead? – Part I
There’s a scene in the Bill Murray movie Groundhog Day when Phil Connors—trapped in the same day over and over again—turns to two guys in...
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert EndsTonight and I Have a Few Words to Say About It
I never imagined I would be writing a commentary about the cancellation of a television program, certainly not one explained away under the dubious claim...
Trump Trifecta
Three issues converged this past week that show just how deeply the Justice Department has become enmeshed in the interests of Donald Trump, his family,...
The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
Walter Isaacson’s latest book, The Greatest Sentence Ever Written, has arrived at a pivotal moment for the country: the 250th anniversary of the American experiment....