What is the connection between: the court-martial of a Union Army Colonel and the ABSCAM scandal; President Garfield's assassin Charles Guiteau and former Vice President Al Gore; the conviction of New York "sawdust swindler" Sam Hayes and lobbyist Jack Abramoff; and President Theodore Roosevelt and former New York Yankee owner George Steinbrenner III? If you answered "corruption," you are right, but only partly so.The Original Sins: America's Fight Against Corruption in the Era of Manifest Destiny tells the stories behind America's efforts to define and prevent corruption in our national...

What is the connection between: the court-martial of a Union Army Colonel and the ABSCAM scandal; President Garfield's assassin Charles Guiteau and former Vice President Al Gore; the conviction of New York "sawdust swindler" Sam Hayes and lobbyist Jack Abramoff; and President Theodore Roosevelt and former New York Yankee owner George Steinbrenner III? If you answered "corruption," you are right, but only partly so.The Original Sins: America's Fight Against Corruption in the Era of Manifest Destiny tells the stories behind America's efforts to define and prevent corruption in our national...