Category Archives: Justice

What’s That Smell?

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Jim Wheeler

Am I the only one who finds our system of justice sometimes strange and inconsistent?  My attention was caught by a short item in Wednesday’s USA Today (6/22/2011, p. B1).  It reported that, The CEO of what had been one … Continue reading →

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Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire!

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Jim Wheeler

The issue of the Stolen Valor Act of 2005 deserves to rank on the emotional scale with that of locating the Islamic Center near 9/11 Ground Zero.  The conviction of a man who pled guilty of falsely claiming to have … Continue reading →

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Fairness and Resentment

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Jim Wheeler

Much of the angst in the nation and the world concerns fairness, or alternatively, JUSTICE.  This can be a complicated subject in philosophy and much has been written about it in every conceivable context.  I here list some of the … Continue reading →

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