A Good Sword Is Hard to Find

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I am reminded of former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey and his preening on the Oprah Winfrey show. When McGreevey resigned in disgrace in 2004 he announced, "I am a gay American." It is simply damnable that both these men indulge the fiction that their disgrace is due in any measure because they are homosexuals. It is not. Both suffered ignoble political ends because they are men of little character, liars that betrayed the trust of their office and their constituents to say nothing of their loved ones. And rather than fall on their swords, McGreevy is making the rounds of the talk show circuit hawking a book and [Mark Foley] looks for sympathy by claiming addiction and abuse at the hands of unnamed Catholic clergy. Have they no shame? No sharp instruments in the home?

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A Good Sword Is Hard to Find

Fifth century Japanese warriors called it Hari Kari or Seppuku. When a samurai failed in his duty or disgraced himself or his benefactor, he was expected to atone for his dishonor by slicing h...

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