"Waking Ned Divine": Husband Manipulates Wife for an Apple Tart

The movie Waking Ned Divine begins in the cozy living room of an elderly Irish couple. In the background we hear a television announcer informing the ...

Misbehaving Daughter Sees Need for Conversion

During a family vacation, Sarah got a little ornery and pushed Hannah.

"Did you push your sister?" I asked.

"No," she denied. Since this was becoming a ...

Falsified Resume Topples College Coach

On December 12, 2001, George O'Leary had to let go of a dream when, after only five days, he had to step down as the head football coach at the University ...

"The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit": Integrity Checked

The 1956 film The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit stars Gregory Peck as Thomas Rath, a husband with three children. Thomas makes a meager $7,000 a year, ...

Saddam Hussein's Cruel Leadership

Gregg Zoroya writes:

When Iraq's war against Iran was faltering in the early 1980s, Saddam Hussein startled his cabinet with a seemingly uncharacteristic ...

How Good Executives Become Corrupt

Jim Collins, best-selling business author, writes about the crisis of business ethics in the wake of the bankruptcies at Enron and Worldcom. He describes ...

An African Proverb on Doublemindedness

"The man who tries to walk two roads will split his pants."

Book Makes Adultery Polite

Judith E. Brandt has written a book called The 50-Mile Rule: Your Guide to Infidelity and Extramarital Etiquette. Here is an excerpt of an interview Brandt ...

Renowned Author Caught Lying

Even before historian Joseph Ellis became a best-selling author, he was famous for his vivid lectures. In his popular courses at the exclusive Mount Holyoke ...

Faking Generosity

A. A. Milne (author of the Winnie the Pooh books) wrote a seasonal piece entitled, "A Hint for Next Christmas." He tells of a friend named William ...