Tag: Ethics

For the first time in its 165-year-history, the magazine issued a retraction for a 1998 Stephen Glass article. (CBS/Screengrab)

17 years later, Harper’s retracts story from a serial liar

Becket Adams · December 17, 2015 5:58 pm

The House Committee on Ethics issued a ten page report clearing Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., of any wrongdoing. (AP file photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Ethics panel clears House Dem in endorsement probe

Susan Ferrechio · December 14, 2015 8:47 pm

"Anyone who cares an iota about religious liberty should denounce this reckless, demagogic rhetoric." (AP File Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Southern Baptist leader: Trump’s Muslim exclusion threatens religious liberty

Anna Giaritelli · December 8, 2015 3:10 am

The new gene-editing technology has applications for plants and animals. But the controversy lies in its possible use to manipulate human sperm, eggs and embryos. (Wikimedia Commons)

Caution needed to address the promise and perils of heritable gene editing

Washington Examiner · December 5, 2015 5:01 am

A watchdog group is suing the FEC to re-open an investigation into the national finance chair for Sen. Marco Rubio's presidential bid. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Ethics group sues to reopen probe into Rubio campaign lawyer

Susan Ferrechio · November 23, 2015 6:58 pm

A patient is taken to the operating theatre in the recently opened Birmingham Queen Elizabeth Hospital on February 7, 2011 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

A healthcare ethics bill gets rare bipartisan support

Paige Winfield Cunningham · November 19, 2015 5:01 am

Cate Blanchett portrays Mary Mapes, who becomesÂ the focus of the story, and Robert Redford portrays Dan Rather in a scene from, "Truth." (Lisa Tomasetti /Sony Pictures Classics via AP)

Dan Rather largely absent from new ‘Rathergate’ movie

Eddie Scarry · October 15, 2015 5:34 pm

Omar Ashmawy is the staff director and chief counsel of the Office of Congressional Ethics. (Photo by Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Pocket profile: Omar Ashmawy

Jimmy Soni · October 5, 2015 4:01 am

Our Utilitarian Medical Elite

Wesley J. Smith · September 21, 2015 4:00 am

In this May 2, 2013 file photo, U.S. Rep. Mike Honda speaks during the City of Fremont Legislative Brunch at Tesla motors in Fremont, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, file)

House Ethics Committee will prolong investigation of California Dem

Susan Ferrechio · September 3, 2015 8:20 pm

The Baltimore Sun reports O'Malley and his wife paid $9,638 for 54 pieces of furniture from the Department of General Services -- items that originally cost taxpayers $62,000 -- but had been declared "junk" by his administration. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

O’Malley being investigated for possible ethics violation

Daniel Chaitin · August 30, 2015 3:01 pm

In a statement released Monday, the ethics panel said it had decided "to extend the matter" regarding Mike Honda until Sept. 3. (AP Photo)Â

Ethics panel investigating California Dem over use of paid staff

Susan Ferrechio · July 20, 2015 9:53 pm