June 20, 2002
"A Fish Rots From The
"A Fish Rots From The Head Down. . ." Is an old Greek saying, and first entered the American politcal lexicon during the 1988 campaign when Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis used it to describe the ethical troubles of the Reagan Administration.
Over at "Man Without Qualities," Robert Musil takes a hard look at American culture's recent trouble with truth telling, and credits it to a different source.
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