I was falling behind on listening to some podcasts when I realized that Randy Cohen produced his last edition of “The Ethicist” for The New York Times. I found Randy insightful and humorous; however, more importantly, he was willing to take up the issues of daily applied ethics. Much of applied ethics is taken up with such topics as medical or environmental ethics.  These are important issues that involve public discourse, laws and regulations, and have a wide impact upon society. What Randy did was applied ethics to our daily lives. He would ask questions of who benefits and who is harmed by the action. There were issues of being honest so that others could make informed choices. Randy’s writings, or, as I preferred, his podcast provided a connection for me to a fellow human being working on the problems that each of us face in our ever-day lives. I look forward to his future projects including a NPR show. You can follow Randy on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/Randy-Cohen/161155330602371