- TxDOT to host 2 public meetings for input on southern portion of Hwy. 36A;
- Houston-based CenterPoint to bring on 800 employees by 2030; By
- Conroe City Council adopts new ethics code requiring financial disclosures from elected officials;
- Missouri City to see expanded METRO route to VA Hospital;
- Houston residents criticize police department calls to ICE as mayor’s office defends city response;
- ‘That’s not how it works’: Commissioners blast Hidalgo’s surprise tax proposal;
- Vaccine rates for kindergartners fall as exemptions rise;
- Prominent US anti-vaxxer says he caught measles and traveled back home; By
- Trump fires US labor official over data and gets earlier than expected chance to reshape Fed;
- There are 4 signs the economy may be on a weaker footing than the latest data suggests;
- Months of Trump’s tariffs are shifting supply chains and diplomatic ties;
- Rocket Scientists Hooked Up ChatGPT to the Controls of a Spaceship, and the Results Were Not What You Might Expect – It’s like Autopilot for space;
Tag Archives: ethics
My Advice To Anthony Weiner: Go Forward with Business As Usual
I have a saying: “Good advice is easy to give, but hard to take.” As a total outsider (it’s hard to be more outside The Beltway than I am), I have some advice for you, Anthony Weiner, which you can take or leave, and it’s this: Go back to business as usual in the House.
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Wise Words for Weiner Critics: “Judge not, that ye be not judged”
“Judge not, lest ye be judged.” A common misquote, I’m told, of Matthew 7:1 (“Judge not, that ye be not judged. “). Wise words, either way.
When should someone’s personal peccadillos materially matter to us? When is it actually fair to hold someone to a higher standard than we perhaps hold ourselves? When should it reach the level of ‘a scandal’? When should we care?
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6 Basic Differences Between Democrats and Republicans
Democrats: Scandals are about sex and drugs.
Republicans: Scandals are about money and abuse of power. (Although they’ve progressed. They now include sex.)
Democrats: Tax and spend.
Republicans: Borrow and spend.
Democrats: Emphasis on personal freedom and privacy, regulate business.
Republicans: Emphasis on business freedom and privacy, regulate personal freedom and privacy.
Democrats: Healthcare rationed by availability.
Republicans: Healthcare rationed by wealth.
Democrats: War on Poverty
Republicans: War on the poor.
Democrats: Have no spine
Republicans: Have no shame.
