"Americans are willing to accept flaws, not rank dishonesty and corruption."

Bookworm addresses the angry Left:

Your media hid from you what an utterly appalling candidate Hillary was. On the Right, we acknowledged that Trump is not an exemplary human being, and we made our peace with that because he promised to tackle serious issues such as border control, terrorism, and the economy in ways consistent with American law and values.

Meanwhile, your media was composing Hillary hagiographies. You never squared up to the fact that she was morally and personally a disaster. Moreover, you’re incredibly shocked to discover that, to a lot of Americans, those things still matter. They’re willing to accept flaws, not rank dishonesty and corruption.

Read more here.

Deluding ourselves

Ross Pomeroy reports at Real Clear Science about some scientific studies:

Duke University psychologist and behavioral economist Dan Ariely has spent a lot of time studying dishonesty. He and his colleagues have tested thousands of subjects from various countries under controlled condition, and have arrived at an intriguing conclusion.

"We find that almost everyone cheats but only by a limited amount.

People behave dishonestly enough to profit but honestly enough to delude themselves of their own integrity."

Read the science here.