Although the press is having a FIELD DAY skewering NYC congressman, Anthony Weiner, the situation brings up something that pretty much EVERY person in the public eye may face–a dicey situation coming up in the press and our decision to lie and hope it goes away or to tell the truth and face a potentially career-ending public shaming (not to mention the effect it will have on those we love).

I’m not saying everyone has something to hide, but it was fascinating, yesterday, watching Weiner’s press conference where he came clean and took responsibility for all that he had done. He held himself up to the press, his constituents, and everyone else who happened to be watching TV when every other show got preempted for his press conference, and did what I, personally, think is an extremely admirable thing: he told the truth. (more…)