COLUMN: 08-29-2007

When will public figures ever learn? Lying about your mistakes and crimes only serves to intensify media and public attention, which nearly always leads to exposure of the truth. From President Clinton's repeated denials of adultery nine years ago (leading directly to his impeachment) to the most recent examples of NFL star Michael Vick's denial of dog-fighting crimes and U.S. Senator Larry Craig's denial of wrongdoing after already pleading guilty to a crime, it seems that none of these very smart people who have worked very hard to succeed in extremely competitive fields will ever learn the lessons of historical cover-ups.