Lessons learned from last week’s Journal edition

I learned two important lessons from reading The Ritzville Adams County Journal on August 1.

The first lesson had to do with truth and integrity. The Sports Columnist was unhappy because a well-known professional baseball player had apparently been untruthful regarding his use of performance enhancing drugs. He wrote, “I want honesty and I want integrity…”

I was spot on in agreement with him, and I so told my wife. I read to her a part of the column; she said the baseball player has integrity. The baseball player is loyal to his purpose and the ballplayer’s purpose in life is to win; and appar...