Why is the Approval Rating of Congress So Low?
Webster’s Dictionary defines integrity as “the firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values.” Other definitions refer to wholeness and completeness, especially of a device or a concept. Stated in other words, integrity is what we normally associate with continual adherence to truth and conduct befitting the role a person is filling. We expect a doctor to have integrity in treating a patient to the best of his or her ability regardless of personal feelings towards that patient; and we expect an elected representative to act on behalf of the majority of his or her constituencies and not according to any narrow personal purpose or ambition. Most of us, if not all, would accept the first example as valid and true to life. On the other hand, most of us would question the second example. Do our elected representatives in the local, state, and federal governmental bodies truly represent their constituencies? Do they, on the other hand, really place reelection as the first p
