The recent saga of Rush Limbaugh and his drug addiction raises important questions. The crucial thing is not that Mr. Limbaugh was a drug addict who fed his habit on the black market. That private vice is small change compared to his larger, public sin. The real issue about Mr. Limbaugh is brought into focus by asking: What does it say about a man if he can talk with contempt, without a shred of compassion, about the shortcomings of others while knowing that he is no better than they? And that raises the still larger question: What does it say about a society if it repeatedly grants high moral authority to people who practice such hypocrisy?
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This page contains a single entry by Jack Cluth published on December 1, 2003 6:07 AM.
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