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The Cost of Doing the Right Thing
I met President Gerald Ford while working at KMIR-TV in Palm Springs. The event was held at the home of a wealthy supporter in Thunderbird Heights, high above Rancho Mirage. It was one of those orchestrated press gatherings, but Ford made it feel different. As he made his way down a line of reporters—and this lowly cameraman—he didn’t just shake...
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May 16, 2025
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The Questions We Need to Ask Ourselves
“How can we love our country and not love our countrymen? And loving them, reach out a hand when they fall, heal them when they’re sick, and provide opportunities to make them self-sufficient so they will be equal in fact and not just in theory.” —Ronald Reagan Disinformation, disfunction, violence, a deadly virus, vaccination deniers, climate deniers, wildfires, hurricanes, floods....
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September 7, 2021
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November 4, 2026
On March 4, 1865, a tall, tired man stood before a crowd gathered at the United States Capitol to deliver what would become one of...
Has America Lost Its Way?
I’ve spent much of my life thinking and writing about ethics. About honesty. About responsibility. About integrity—not simply when doing the right thing is easy,...
All The President’s Targets
It’s difficult to write about honesty, responsibility, and integrity when our minds are consumed daily by a president who demonstrates zero respect for those values...
Integrity Doesn’t Require a Megaphone
Republican John Williams, a chicken farmer and feed dealer from southern Delaware, had never gone to college.  He spoke so quietly on the Senate floor...
WHOSE PURPOSE DOES THIS SERVE?
“He’s going to get a firing squad of soldiers. As it should be,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said of Nidal Malik Hasan, convicted of murdering...
Choreographer of Disaster
Nowhere is there a greater metaphor for Donald Trump’s policies, priorities, and unfulfilled ego than the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington’s cultural cathedral...