http://dir.salon.com/topics/morality/?source=rss&aim=morality en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST By Judith Levine Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/02/25/thrift_levine/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/02/25/thrift_levine/index.html?source=rss The downturn is giving us new excuses for moral flagellation. But saving money won't save your soul. By Andrew Leonard Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/29/the_decline_and_fall_of_david_brooks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/29/the_decline_and_fall_of_david_brooks/index.html?source=rss American moral corruption has saddled us with unsustainable debt, says the New York Times columnist. Uh, no By Gary Kamiya Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/04/01/puritanism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/04/01/puritanism/index.html?source=rss Beneath the gawking, the online reaction to the Spitzer and Paterson revelations shows that Americans are wary of passing judgment on private sins. By David Puner Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/misc/2006/12/14/phil_bumfight/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/misc/2006/12/14/phil_bumfight/index.html?source=rss Line seemingly drawn into script before taping of show. By Rebecca Traister Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/02/01/pollitt_and_saletan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/02/01/pollitt_and_saletan/index.html?source=rss It's big, it's bad and it's back. With a vengeance. By Andrew Leonard Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/06/25/morality_of_immigration/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/06/25/morality_of_immigration/index.html?source=rss If the U.S. is less crowded than the rest of the world, is it "fair" to keep other people out? By Mark Follman Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/right_hook/2004/11/09/onefingered_salute/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/right_hook/2004/11/09/onefingered_salute/index.html?source=rss The right wing offers its charitable condolences to Kerry supporters. By Dennis Jett Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/11/08/scandal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/11/08/scandal/index.html?source=rss Yes, the devastation will be extreme. The good news? He'll sow his own destruction. By Laura Miller Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2004/02/23/making_good/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2004/02/23/making_good/index.html?source=rss Researchers say we're breeding a nation of cheats, scammers, egotists and buck passers. But when they interviewed a group of young actors, scientists and journalists, guess who came out looking best? By Joan Walsh Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2003/05/09/bennett/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2003/05/09/bennett/index.html?source=rss If William Bennett wants to gamble, fine. But he and his fellow clay-footed morality scolds should let the rest of us enjoy our harmless vices. By Joan Walsh Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2003/04/04/cakewalk/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2003/04/04/cakewalk/index.html?source=rss I hope for a U.S. victory with minimum bloodshed and maximum freedom for the Iraqi people. But I also want the cakewalk conservatives to pay for their hubris politically. By Michelle Goldberg Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/03/20/casualties/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/03/20/casualties/index.html?source=rss If the U.S. kills 10,000 Iraqi civilians, will this be a just war? 1,000? 100,000? On the eve of destruction, a deadly moral calculus awaits. By Edward W. Lempinen Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2003/03/19/left/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2003/03/19/left/index.html?source=rss Progressives have lots of arguments against the war on Iraq -- some of them compelling. But why aren't they burning to free Saddam's oppressed masses? By Charles Taylor Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2001/06/11/children/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2001/06/11/children/index.html?source=rss Our hysterical attempts to shield kids from images of sex and violence are stunting young lives -- and trapping us all in a Big Lie. By   Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/11/07/morality/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/11/07/morality/index.html?source=rss By Gary Kamiya Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/audio/2000/10/05/zinn/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/2000/10/05/zinn/index.html?source=rss Historian Howard Zinn's analysis of grass roots political movements sheds light on the flip side of American capitalism's success story. By Daryl Lindsey and Fiona Morgan Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/06/29/scouts/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/06/29/scouts/index.html?source=rss Plaintiff James Dale, the Boy Scouts, Andrew Sullivan and others react to the ruling that the organization can exclude gays. By Cintra Wilson Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/06/14/survivor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/06/14/survivor/index.html?source=rss Is "Survivor" simply a 13-week TV series or a conceptual island of shame where the moral disgrace lasts forever? By Richard Rodriguez Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1998/11/05/newsc950314416/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1998/11/05/newsc950314416/index.html?source=rss Richard Rodriguez declares Tuesday's elections to be a resounding moral defeat for the moralizers By Richard Rodriguez Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1998/11/05/cov_05newsc/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1998/11/05/cov_05newsc/index.html?source=rss American voters refuse to bow before the high priests of scolding. By Scott Rosenberg Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1996/05/14/lerner/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1996/05/14/lerner/index.html?source=rss In their new books, Michael Lerner and Mary Pipher offer strategies to protect the American family from the assaults of commerce and modern life. But their imaginations aren't up to the challenge.