9SOME LESSONS ABOUT DISHONESTY

Sadly, it’s all too easy today to find examples of public and corporate dishonesty.

Let’s consider the case of Congressman Anthony Weiner. Congressman Weiner was first elected to the House in 1999. He never got less than 59 percent of the vote in the seven terms he served in Congress—a remarkable achievement. An outstanding liberal voice in the House, he was seriously considered as a prospect for governor of New York, until 2011, when he was accused of sending lewd photographs of himself to various women.

When the accusations first surfaced, Weiner declared that his Twitter account had been hacked and that someone else had sent pictures from it. The pictures, he said, which did not reveal a face, weren’t even of ...

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