EDITORIALS on Controversial Issues
The subject matter in these essays has been covered elsewhere in my domains; these are overview-style editorials based on the issues as they are in 2004, as I set up doaskdotell.com. But my point here is very much to “connect the dots” in public policy issues.
“Rules of Engagement” blog entries (2009)
What happened to my “Bill of Rights 2”? (blogger) (2/2008)
Morality: Depolarizing the Culture War Debate (blogger) (10/2007)
Networked Journalism Overview (blogger)
Sermon on the Blog: Religion and Virtue (blogger)
Interdependence v. Independence (blogger)
The “do ask do tell” showdown: Part I: Principia (blogger)
The Most Dangerous Game: Brains v. Brawn aka Individual Sovereignty v. Public Morality (blogger)
Chutzpah and Web Speech – New Years Eve editorial (blogger link)
What do social conservatives really want? (blogger link)
Libertarian Philosophy and me (direct blogspot link)
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Knowledge
Management, Faith, and Profile (blogspot)
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Is there a don’t ask don’t tell de facto policy for teachers? (blogspot)
What
does Chicken Little know? (blogspot)
Personal Web Publishing:
Approaching a Crisis Point? (feature)
Libertarianism, equal rights for gays, and intergenerational responsibilities (feature)
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell:
Private Choices, Public Speech and our Democratic Processes
Will Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Really Be Repealed? (June 2007 Blogger entry)
Subversion, Immodesty, Dissent, Candor and Like Matters
Self-Publishing Online and Professionalism
How to Structure a “Bill of Rights 2” Event
When to regulate? (Network Neutrality, etc.)
Teachers, Students and Free Speech
Liking
People and Liking Principles
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Individualism and the Personal Stake in Social Justice
Individualism, Libertarianism, and the Sharing of Burdens
Complementarity, the Culture Wars, and the Chicken and Egg Problem
Filial Responsibility Laws: The next iceberg for GLBT people?
Family
and the Psychological Safety Net
Heterosexism and Tribalism: The Ultimate Pejoratives
Probable Cause on Global Warming and Energy Crisis
Katrina,
Catastrophe, and Purification
It won’t be so bad—or will it?
Talking
Sense about Catholicism and Sexual Morality ; Personal Freedom and
Religious Morality: Redux
File sharing (peer-to-peer) and downstream liability
Identity Theft, Privacy Protection and the First Amendment
The Right to Life and our Purported Obligation to Support It
Does My Freedom Compromise Others? Am I My Brother’s Keeper?
Where are the Information Technology Jobs (as of the end of 2004)?
Pay your bills and pay your dues
The draft and mandatory national service (and “don’t ask don’t tell”)
Gay marriage and family responsibility (state by state table) Virginia Amendment Situation (Vote No!) blogspot essay
Abstinence: The Notion that Sex Belongs only in (Heterosexual) Marriage
For National Coming Out Day: Straight Talk on Gay Equality
Teaching about
Homosexuality in Public High Schools
Private Industry and
anti-Gay Boycotts
Health Care: Can We Care for Everybody? Chart
Social Security and Pensions Chart Personal retirement notes – detailed topics (important!)
Free Speech and Self-Expression
Psychological Diversity: Being Different, Being Special
Conflict of Interest (suggested blogging policy)
Republican and Democrat 2004 Platforms
Religion, Communities of Faith, and Public Policy
Paid Maternity (and Paternity) Leave?
Assertiveness and Salesmanship as Personal Values
Mathematics, Meritocracy, and FICO: Are Some People “Better” than Other People?
Let’s
Be Careful About Personal Information Databases
The following blogs and earlier editorials are not in this directory but deal with controversies. They were set up earlier.
Gay marriage, constitutional amendment letter to Congress
Outsourcing and offshoring
Libertarianism: a current assessment
Sodomy laws: Lawrence v. Texas (2003), revisited
Hyperindividualism and solidarity
Child Online Protection Act (COPA): Account of Supreme Court oral arguments (2004); Comments on 2004 Supreme Court Opinion
For other important materials on free speech, please note these links on hppub: http://www.doaskdotell.com/content/speech.htm
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