Ethics (And Other Liabilities) / Harry S

Some 15-20 years after being written, many of these essays hold up quite well, but I think it would be interesting to get Mr. Stein's update on them. (Perhaps that was the original pitch for _How I Accidentally Joined the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy_.) Regardless of where you sit on the social/cultural/political spectrum, there are fundamental issues of character that ultimately must be held dear. Rather than use these issues as a bully pulpit for his own agenda, Mr. Stein writes about them with care, insight, and wit, and in so doing, gives us another fundamental issue about which we can agree: Harry Stein is a fine writer.

As the title imples, Harry Stein looks at a number of life's situations where doing the right thing isn't always the easy thing (or the obvious thing, for that matter.) Originally published as a series of essays in Esquire magazine, this book is an entertaining and thoughtful read.