Tag: The Ethicist
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You’re ‘torn’? She’s your mother, dammit!
Throw momma off the train! We don’t think it’s a parody. A New York Times Magazine feature called “The Ethicist” is an advice column but in place of Dear Aunt Blabby the thing is adjudicated by a philosophy professor with the appropriately diverse, inclusive, and equitable name of Kwame Anthony Appiah. Seeking the professor’s…
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Mayor Satya twerks for social justice!
[Mental image redacted by Silicon Valley] Racial justice demands its human sacrifices! On occasion, Blaska Policy Werkes attempts to be fair. Mind you, we do do so only under medical supervision and with a close friend nearby. We were pleased to see the Wisconsin State Journal (our favorite Madison WI morning daily) report that Mayor Satya…
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Take your ethics and …
We’ll just skip the lecture, thank you. Careful readers will notice that the denizens of the Werkes and its associated industries — lettered, unlettered, and indentured — are resolutely unprogressive. Even deplorable! Many reasons (freedom being one) but mainly, we can’t afford the dues. We don’t wear face diapers while driving alone on Madison’s Beltline. …
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Liberal mom hates school vouchers, wants to use them, feels guilty
Ask a guilty liberal advice columnist The Policy Werkes subscribes to the New York Times and other liberal-progressive-socialist agitprop on the principle that forewarned is forearmed. Plus, we enjoy a good laugh at other people’s expense. A column in the Sunday Times magazine rarely disappoints. It’s called “The Ethicist.” Guilty white liberals write to the…