2. Rationalizations are the lies we use to escape the personal responsibility and accountability that trustworthy leaders demonstrate and demand in others. Trustworthy people don’t buffer the ...

Rather than relying solely on traditional codes of ethics, the team investigated whether an “inoculation” strategy could protect against the rationalizations that often lead to unethical ...

Whether meant seriously or not, Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein’s alleged consideration of the 25th Amendment seems, in retrospect, not to have been irrational at all. Since President ...

It’s human nature to try to find the silver lining in large adverse developments. But it’s been interesting to watch conservatives turn yesterday’s validation of the Affordable Care Act into ...

But aside from the mechanics of raw power that doom the reactions to gun massacres to tears of impotent sorrow and rage, some well-rehearsed rationalizations for doing nothing are reflexively ...

Why is Joe Biden still in the presidential race? In the days since his disastrous debate performance last week, pressure on the 81-year-old incumbent to step aside has continued to mount, forcing ...

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Arthur Blank danced, and it wasn’t pretty. He was asked about his pursuit of a player, Deshaun Watson, with 22 civil suits hanging over his head, and Blank’s claim and ...

Kash Patel, former chief of staff to the defense secretary, speaks at a campaign rally in Prescott Valley, Arizona, on Oct. 13. (Go Nakamura/Reuters) Column by Philip Bump There’s not much ...