Most of us have sat around a table with friends and colleagues, sharing our viewpoints about how to fix the social problems we all face.
A few years ago, I got the unexpected opportunity to not only espouse my social philosophies, but to actually test how much I really believed them. It was the equivalent of the Universe saying, “Okay, Stan. Put up or shut up.” The issue had to do with rehabilitation of ex-convicts in order to reduce the cycle of recidivism. In today’s column, and for the next few weeks following, I will share with you my experiment in hiring someone who stole from me. The story is written by myself, and by the thief.
