17 posts tagged Manners and Morals

The embarrassing Miley Cyrus Vanity Fair photo shows the value of public relations people—and why investing real money makes people more careful about what they do. As has been widely reported, Miley Cyrus, star of the TV show Hannah Montana and a popular singer and concert performer, has issued

A truly fascinating measure of the hegemony and absurdity of political correctness is the liberal elites' furious reaction to ABC news personalities having asked the two ultraliberal remaining candidates for the Democrats' presidential nomination a few mildly challenging questions.

The late Charlton Heston was both a great actor and a very intelligent and thoughtful individual. His courage and decency were rare in an entertainment industry that increasingly mocked the values of its audience.

Roving gangs of young men in Mexico are beating and terrorizing teenage boys who like "emo" music. The situation shows the value of respect for rule of law and the pressing need for a culture of liberty.

Most contemporary commentators on both left and right believe that freedom of expression and the promotion of positive, life-affirming values are antithetical goals. That is not true, as many past societies demonstrate. In this article, reprinted from Conservative Battleline Online, S. T.

The winningest coach in college basketball history, Bobby Knight, retired unexpectedly yesterday with several games remaining in the season. Knight, known both for his coaching brilliance and angry, public and private tirades, has long been a big target of criticism from sportswriters.

ESPN2 morning co-anchor Dana Jacobson is back at work after a week's suspension for her drunken, foul-mouthed tirade at a public dinner. At the beginning of the Jan. 28 program, the first since her suspension, Jacobson offered a rather cryptic apology: I want to once again say how truly sorry I am for my poor choices and bad judgment that night.

National Review Literary Editor Mike Potemra expands on the thoughts quoted yesterday on this site, in an article on today's National Review Online. I think that Mike's point is a good one—that there is a better way to react to offensive speech than exaggerated outrage and calls for revenge.

Providing further proof that America's elites are delighted when people of low mental ability use Christians and Christianity as punching bags, ESPN has suspended sports-show anchor Dana Jacobson for one week after she indulged in a drunken, foul-mouthed public tirade that included an astonishingly vulgar curse directed at Jesus Christ.

Sports are important, as they provide physical exercise and personal camaraderie, but to make a fetish of anything in life is always disastrous. So it is with sports, as we see all too often in these days when Americans have so much time, money, and freedom (all of which are good things, of course, and are great blessings when used properly).