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THIS WEEK’S GRIPE: MANNERS NO LONGER “MAKETH THE MAN”

THIS WEEK’S GRIPE: MANNERS NO LONGER “MAKETH THE MAN”

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In any list of qual­i­ties that ide­al­ly ought to define peo­ple, espe­cial­ly those who aspire to, or hold posi­tions of author­i­ty, I doubt there is much argu­ment that it should include cour­tesy, per­son­al integri­ty, con­cern for the com­mon good and dignity.
Yet it has come to pass that these virtues, along with per­haps less impor­tant, but still valid ones, have not just fall­en by the way­side, they are as good as scorned.… Read the rest

LIVE AND LEGITIMATE AREN’T ALWAYS LINKED

LIVE AND LEGITIMATE AREN’T ALWAYS LINKED

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The metaphor­i­cal beat­ing of breasts and rend­ing of gar­ments over CNNs’ “town hall” with Don­ald Trump is a salient les­son that pro­vid­ing live air time for proven liars and dis­sem­blers, not­ed for a pro­cliv­i­ty to con­trol the nar­ra­tive, is the equiv­a­lent of allow­ing them to write the script, and there’s enough of that done by flaks and syco­phants with­out adding to the pool.… Read the rest