Ethics

John le Carre's 'A Delicate Truth' isn't gentle with war on terror

2013-05-16 13:00:00

John le Carr�'s novels have responded brilliantly to the absence of the Cold War, which was, from 1963's classic "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" to "The Secret Pilgrim" in 1990, their traditional domain. In one sense, though, whether set before or...

Tamerlan Tsarnaev: Not just any body

2013-05-17 00:00:00

If you don't believe in souls or an afterlife, then a corpse is just a body — potentially a teaching tool, a source of life-saving organs, but little more. In 1829, taking such thinking to the extreme, a radical British pamphleteer named Peter...

Activist files more complaints against Mike Feuer campaign

2013-05-17 14:19:00

A Westside activist who has previously complained to authorities about� former lawmaker�Mike Feuer and his campaign for Los Angeles�city attorney has filed additional documents with state and local government watchdog agencies accusing Feuer of more...

Still jonesing for 'West Wing'? Try Danish import 'Borgen'

2013-05-17 10:30:00

Thrusting an intelligent idealist into a leadership position is a time-honored method of chronicling the corruptive nature�of power, particularly the political variety. (Please see�"Mr. Smith Goes to Washington") In recent years, television writers have...

Newton: The mayoral money trap

2013-05-13 00:00:00

There are good reasons for most of the city's campaign finance laws. Individual contribution limits are intended to keep a single donor from purchasing the support of a candidate. Public financing is intended to level the playing field between...

Vermont House OKs right-to-die bill; governor expected to sign it

2013-05-14 14:21:00

Vermont is on track to become the fourth state to allow severely ill patients to end their lives under medical supervision. The state’s House of Representatives voted 75 to 65 on Monday night to approve the “Patient Choice at End of Life&...

Goldberg: Niall Ferguson's blooper

2013-05-07 00:00:00

At an investment conference last week, Harvard historian Niall Ferguson created a huge mess for himself. He glibly speculated that maybe because economist John Maynard Keynes was a childless, "effete" homosexual, he embraced a doctrine that favored...

O.C. supervisors deny $20,000 increase for grand jury

2013-05-09 23:57:00

The first grand jury report described Orange County as being a "hotbed of corruption, conflict of interest and abuse of authority" while the next blamed political leaders for the "implosion" of the county's health plan for the poor. This week, jurors...

'House of Cards,' or more like house of product placement?

2013-05-03 13:16:00

These are heady days for the online on-demand entertainment service Netflix. The company’s stock recently surged 22% after a strong earnings report and news that it signed up 2 million new subscribers in the first quarter of the year. The company&...

Greuel has fraction of Garcetti's cash in race's last days, reports show

2013-05-10 07:27:00

Wendy Greuel had roughly one-tenth of the cash on hand�of her rival Eric Garcetti as she headed into the final two weeks of the mayoral election, according to new campaign finance reports. Greuel, the city’s controller, reported raising nearly...

PTC, Morality in Media press Congress over FCC indecency rules

2013-05-08 07:00:00

Angry about a proposal to relax the Federal Communications Commission's rules regulating indecent content on broadcast television and radio, the Parents Television Council and Morality in Media are� pressing Congress to stop the regulatory agency in its...

Obama, at Ohio State, calls on graduates to be active citizens

2013-05-05 13:24:00

WASHINGTON — Speaking to the graduating class of Ohio State University in Columbus on Sunday, President Obama called on the students to embrace the school’s motto, “education for citizenship,” and to press the government to act....

Palm Beach County commissioners are considering changing county codes to change the makeup of the Ethics Commission.

2013-04-10 13:57:00

John R. Boatright has been named the founding director of the Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise and Responsibility in the Quinlan School of Business at Loyola University Chicago.

2013-03-06 10:16:00

iss USA 2012 Nana Meriwether attends the DKNY & Same Sky Ethical Shopping Event to celebrate International Women's Day at DKNY Store on March 6, 2013 in New York City.

2013-03-06 00:00:00