Trump Creating Backroom Deals with Vietnam?
Vietnam’s Starlink gambit, a rushed Trump resort, Binance’s billion‑dollar fine, and Trump’s crypto‑friendly push collide in a high stakes chess match of tariffs, pardons and power—corruption exposed.
Topic
Ethics
A collection of 20 issues
When Power Refuses the Law: Presidential Defiance and the Ethics of Obedience
When Presidents defy the Supreme Court, democracy is tested. Explore five pivotal moments where power clashed with law—judged through the eyes of Adams, Rawls, and Aristotle.
America's Choice Moral Algorithm vs. The Dark Enlightenment
The challenge to Adams' algorithm has never been more explicit or comprehensive than it is today. From the Dark Enlightenment's philosophical rejection of democratic equality to Project 2025's institutional blueprint for concentrated executive power
Rethinking Rights
This article critiques rights absolutism in U.S. politics, arguing it fosters division and moral gridlock. It proposes a Trivium-based, pluralistic approach that balances rights with civic responsibility, democratic dialogue, and adaptive justice rooted in community.
Crisis at the Social Security Administration
A deep ethical analysis of the Social Security crisis reveals systemic collapse, public trauma, and moral failure—driven by downsizing, privatization pressures, and neglect of the vulnerable. Urgent reform is not just practical, but a moral imperative.
The Moral Algorithm: One Message United
Moral Algorithm Analysis – a custom AI tool that anyone can use to evaluate laws, speeches, and government actions through timeless ethical frameworks.
The Vigilante Vote: How America's Election System Suppresses Millions of Voters
Systematic voter suppression tactics in America, particularly impacting people of color. The analysis details various methods, including mass voter purges, restrictive mail-in ballot procedures, and deceptive provisional ballots
The Moral Algorithm vs. Missouri’s Governor: A Moral Analysis of Parson’s Actions
Governor Mike Parson of Missouri announced the release of former Kansas City police detective Eric DeValkenaere from prison but has refused to grant a pardon or clemency to Marcellus Williams
How the Wealthy Convince the Poor to Keep Them in Power
illustrates this corruption through concrete examples: campaign donations functioning as investments that yield orders-of-magnitude returns through government contracts and regulatory changes.
Response to Wallace Garneau's War in Ukraine
The primary question is not which domestic faction gains advantage, but which policies best secure these universal goods for the greatest number.