by Jared Porter | Jul 10, 2001 | News
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor questioned the fairness of the death penalty in a July 2 speech, saying, “the system may well be allowing some innocent defendants to be executed,” according to the Washington Post. “Serious questions...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jul 10, 2001 | News
Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed strong opposition Monday to the death penalty, saying Russia should not restore executions despite public support for them. “The state must not claim the right to take human life away, which belongs only to the...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jun 19, 2001 | News
Some people just sit by while people around them use profanity. The Cuss Control Academy has made it its mission to use classes, presentations, media coverage, its Web site and its new book, Cuss Control, to influence people to bite their lip instead of spewing dirty...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jun 12, 2001 | News
American opinions about homosexuality continue to become more liberal, according to a recent Gallup poll. The slow but steady increase in the approval of homosexual lifestyles has taken the majority spot, with 52 percent of Americans believing that homosexuality is an...
by Carlton Allen | Jun 12, 2001 | News
Certainly the morals–or lack thereof–indicated in the research are cause for concern, but equally distressing are Gallup’s proposed solutions to this problem. The May 29 issue of bcE*byte carried an article about the decline of the “nuclear...
by Alex Smirnov | Jun 5, 2001 | News
Leading non-profit organizations questioned President Bush’s commitment last week to boosting community organizations after the White House decided to do without $90 billion in tax breaks to aid charities, according to the Washington Post. Dropping from the tax...