blog archives – February 2009

Octuplets:  Mother of All Issues

One single mother. 8 newborn octuplets. 14 total offspring. 15 minutes of fame. Thousands of people have expressed outrage at Nadya Suleman, America’s most well-known mother. But should the usually private matter of reproduction be the subject of such public debate?... Read full article

100 – 0:  Score One for Responsibility?

It was the score heard ‘round the world: 100 – 0. When a Texas basketball collided with this American aphorism—It’s not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game—there was an explosion of conflicting opinions about the true meaning of victory and doing the right thing.... Read full article

Doing What’s Right

The Responsibility Project and Parade magazine recently partnered to create “Doing What’s Right,” a special insert designed to spark conversations about everyday moral choices and personal responsibility. Here’s how readers responded to a series of questions. What do you think?... Read full article

Ice Hockey:  Right to Fight?

Is it irresponsible to allow fighting in ice hockey? That’s the guts of an icy-hot debate about the continued role of brawling in hockey, sparked by the recent death of a 21-year-old Canadian player.... Read full article

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