Where Is the System That Judges?

A serious accusation should go somewhere. It should not circle forever through media, politics, and public suspicion. A functioning country...
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Who Benefits When Accusations Are Never Resolved?

by Richard P. Weigand   An unresolved accusation is useful. That is why so many accusations never end. They do...
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Trial by Media Is Not Justice

A headline is not a verdict. A clip is not evidence. Trial by media punishes before it knows, and the...
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Suspicion Is Not Knowledge

Suspicion feels like knowledge, but it is only an alert. In politics and media, suspicion is often used to create...
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A Jury With No Evidence

The public has been turned into a jury, but it is not given evidence. It is given headlines, clips, leaks,...
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Where Is Justice?

America is drowning in accusation. The accused may be guilty. The accuser may be lying. The media may be distorting...
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Weed vs. Booze Is the Wrong Question

Alcohol and marijuana are usually compared by harm, safety, legality, or social acceptance. But that comparison misses the deeper issue....
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What Is Human Conduct? Why Action Reveals Character

Human conduct is where belief, judgment, desire, discipline, and character become visible. A person’s conduct reveals what governs him, and...
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What Is Self-Command?

Self-command is more than self-control. It is the ability to govern attention, speech, appetite, emotion, judgment, and action. Without self-command,...
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Why Political Tension Is Necessary

Political tension is not always the enemy. Held correctly, tension creates the space where government can work. Without it, politics...
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