If I ask my students to write about aphorisms like "crime doesn't pay" or "cheaters never prosper," they find it difficult, since they know from their own observations that cheaters do indeed often prosper.  Yet that is generally in the short term.  That is the glory of the recent college bribery scandal — the cheaters who'd gotten away with so much are now being publicly exposed, arrested, and indicted.  Justice is being served.  It's a beautiful thing to watch. After being outed as a participant in one of these illegal bribery schemes, Hallmark Channel actress Lori Loughlin was summarily dropped from Hallmark's shows.  Since she refused a plea bargain, she's facing multiple felony charges, which, if she's found guilty, will likely result in a stiff prison sentence.  As even Nancy Pelosi likes to remind us — if only in reference to Republicans — no one is above...(Read Full Post)