For bq's advice to information pros on repairing that self-esteem problem, see Searcher's Voice in the September issue of Searcher.
Ethics are tricky.
It s not the decision to do good and avoid evil that gets you down. It s choosing which good takes precedence and which evil loses today. For me, today s problem concerns a conflict of interest between the demands of professional collegiality and the duty of imparting useful truths to this column s readers. And this month s topic certainly pushes me onto the horns of that dilemma. But just this once.