Recently, I read about a judge’s decision on a legal dispute. The facts aren’t important here. As I read my newspaper’s summary of the decision, it was clear to me that one side won and the other side lost. Yet, both sides claimed victory. This is commonplace in the public square where a clear loser boasts of a victory that even a casual observer recognizes to be magical thinking. In the case above, the loser who claimed victory wasn’t a corporate PR spinner, but was the county prosecutor. Folks seem to have such a difficult time admitting error, poor judgment or failure. Here’s a hypothetical. A man sues a company alleging wrongful termination. In addition to demanding that he be re-hired, he has asked for an apology, a public clearing of his name in boldface on the weekly company newsletter, back pay with benefits, and $5,000 to cover medical and psychological expenses incurred as a direct result of his firing. The judge awards the man all of his demands, bu
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