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...object of a parliamentary debate, as legislators from various parties each claimed her support. "Marija Serifovic and her mother Verica both endorsed our party during the [January] election campaign," claimed Rajko Djuric, a chairman of the Serbian Roma Union, a party representing ethnic gypsies. "This is a shameless lie," retorted Aleksandar Vucic of the Radical Party. "Jasko Serifovic, Marija's grandfather, has been a member of our party since 1995." The debate was interrupted by the singer herself, when she paid a short visit to the parliament on Monday. "I am politically neutral and I intend to stay that...
...Marilee Jones, Michael Kinsley seriously missed the point [May 14]. The question is not whether a non--college graduate can do a great job. This is a fundamental question of character and whether we value actual honesty over the honesty of convenience. Jones is a fraud who lived a lie for 28 years...
Kinsley's commentary was full of words deploring Jones' dismissal on the basis of her having falsified her résumé, but only three of his words had any substantial relevance: "she did lie." It wasn't her lack of ability to do the job, which she apparently did very well. It was the lack of character in committing the lie...
Warren Buffet may not care whether his successor has a college degree, but I am confident that he would care if his successor had lied on her résumé. What will the world become if we abandon honesty? Do we really want our kids to lie on their college applications just so they can get accepted to M.I.T...
...appalled that Kinsley would suggest that Jones should be rewarded for basing a career on a lie. We live in a time when people and animals die from poisons substituted for food and medicine, when buildings collapse because of shoddy construction and when American soldiers are being killed in a conflict initiated because of faulty intelligence. It is more important than ever that we restore honesty and honor to all facets of our lives. I do not want to see what happens to a world in which the graduates of M.I.T. or any other college can build a career...