Madeleine P. Brennan and the Trouble with Standards

It’s been a tough few weeks for standards.

While the details and allegations aren’t settled, the arc of the scandals involving Herman Cain, the Penn State University football child sex abuse case, Tokyo-based Olympus CEO firing and coverup, and the Jon Corzine -MF Global debacle is familiar; people betrayed positions of public trust.

There are standards that everyone flaunts (Are you driving 60 miles per hour in a 55 mph zone?Read the rest