J. H. Huebert is correct, the real corruption in government is not merely avarice, but pride and superbia vitae — the lust for power that St. John puts at the peak of the temptations directed at the frail human soul (I John 2:16). That lust was the sin of Satan himself. This corruption follows its own “trickle-down” theory. Even the lowest-level bureaucrat glories in being able to strut about the stage, creeping in his petty pace, and flaunting the swagger factor. Around here it’s evident in the forays of the “Child Protectors” who have quotas (“we haven’t destroyed enough white … Continue reading Ted Stevens as Exemplar