Honesty is supposed to be the best policy—but it's a lost policy today.
NBC anchorman Brian Williams is off the air because he told fibs once too often, but he's notour only dishonest public figure.
Bernie Madoff stole billions. President Obama's health care lies were treated by media as nothing significant. Temperature readings are revised to support global warming theories. And government reports are designed to deceive.
When might it stop? Only when the public rejects the lies and those who tell them.