Op-Ed Contributor - Cynicism We Can Believe In - NYTimes.com

Op-Ed Contributor - Cynicism We Can Believe In - NYTimes.com: "Cynicism is basically a moral protest against hypocrisy and cant in politics and excess and thoughtless self-indulgence in the conduct of life. In a world like ours, which is slowly trying to rouse itself from the dogmatic slumbers of boundless self-interest, corruption, lazy cronyism and greed, it is Diogenes’ lamp that we need to light our path. Perhaps this recession will make cynics of us all."