An Eleventh Commandment

I once heard a certain news commentator suggest what he considered an appropriate “eleventh” commandment: “Thou shalt not get caught.” This “command,” he believed, was one which was appropriate to the spirit of this age. I have since thought much of that. He was correct. In our day, more than ever before, it seems that the only “restraint” on man is his fear of being caught. The less he believes the possibility of his being caught, the greater the probability that he will openly and flagrantly...