Joe Paterno. Two words the once stood for honor and victory. Joe Paterno threw away honor. Joe Paterno threw away victory. He brought a deep and lasting tragedy upon himself, upon the entire coaching profession, and upon a formerly honorable university in Pennsylvania.

These are my opinions as someone who coaches people in business (not athletes):

A coach who is truly moral and truly honorable would never tolerate anyone around him who behaved in immoral ways. A coach who is truly good and decent could never knowingly enable or protect anyone around him whose sexual behaviors victimize and violate young boys.

If nothing else is true, a coach must be someone who shapes the lives of others in positive ways, who helps guide someone to become better at what they do, who leads by moral example, who represents the very best that a person can be in this life.

Football is not as valuable as human dignity. Pennsylvania State University needs to demonstrate an acceptance of that truth no matter what the cost to the university and to the alumni and no matter whom the university needs to terminate.

Bad karma follows (whether it be inside a religious organization or a state university) when men in power believe that somehow due to their power they are not accountable to moral codes and civil laws.

Related content from ESPN: http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7221684/the-tragedy-penn-state-nittany-lions-coach-joe-paterno

Also read this commentary from a young man who is 31, an Iraq war veteran, a Penn State graduate, a Catholic, a native of State College, acquaintance of Jerry Sandusky’s, and a product of his Second Mile foundation: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/guest-voices/post/penn-state-my-final-loss-of-faith/2011/11/11/gIQAwmiIDN_blog.html

Very recently, two friends of mine asked me: Do you have a hard-copy version of your book that you can send me? Is your book available anywhere else except on Amazon? These both are valid questions.

As I writer, I see my purpose as sharing of ideas, not the selling of computerized or hand-held devices.

I have not owned a Kindle device even though I am a classic early adapter. I will admit here, however, that I ordered the new Kindle Fire on the very first day that it was announced. Now I eagerly await the day when my Kindle Fire arrives at my door!

I completely respect Amazon as a company. In all the many years that I have been a customer, Amazon has never once failed to impress me. I have dealt with many brick and mortar and online companies as a customer. In my opinion, Amazon’s customer service is second to none. Period.

But, back to the device question: Why did I choose to go with an eBook that is exclusively available on Kindle instead of going with the more traditional hard-copy version? The answer is simple. The future of book-length writing belongs to those who embrace eBooks. To me, this fact could not be more obvious.

For those who somehow do not want to spend money to own one of the hand-held versions of Kindle, the alternative is to use the FREE online version that Amazon has today for Windows and Mac.