Editor's Column, Opinion

EDITOR’S COLUMN: Is it ever OK to lie?

“Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.” ~ Oliver Wendell Holms

I think most of us would say no. Let me rephrase that… I hope most of us would say no. My dad used to say, “You go to the same place for lying you do for stealing,” equating in my kid-brain telling a lie with criminal behavior. Nothing was worse than getting caught in a lie, even…