This is one of those "learn by doing the opposite" kinds of posts. It's inspired by a few New York Times stories earlier this week on a new book that the surviving son of Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff ...

It really chaps my cheeks when a great writer like me gets "tainted" by the unscrupulous acts of hacks like this Jayson Blair guy at The New York Times. It zaps the creativity right out of my bones.

There is an expectation of integrity in all of us, by all of us, for all of us. And when people make the decision to take a position of authority, whether teacher, building or district leader, or ...