Sniff Test
What do political action committees, the California energy crisis, campaign contributions and most politicians all have in common? First, they are all legal. Second, they all flunk the sniff test.
The simple little sniff test (if it smells rotten it probably is) has fallen into relative obscurity these days. It has been replaced by millions of lawyers, libraries of laws, billions of dollars and thousands of judges all working diligently to prove things that stink are actually legal.
Unfortunately, it only seems to matter what’s legal these days, not what’s right.
JOE MARTIN
Lakewood
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