Yesterday, at George Washington University's panel on ethics and journalism, former New Republic boss Andrew Sullivan went off on former New Republic journalist/fabulist Stephen Glass. "If you had any integrity, you would go away," said Sully.

Slate's Jack Shafer has now proposed that Stephen Glass make some amends to the world at large. In fact, Shafer would like your submissions for Glass' atonement at pressbox@hotmail.com.

Self esteem, of course, comes from esteemable acts: We think there'd be nothing more redeeming (and punishing) than employing Glass to do fact-checking for Page Six. But as Shafer points out, Glass should do something for which he receives no credit, no publicity, no pay.

So let's try this: Glass should be forced to circle the globe, shoeless and penny-less. For his meals and lodging, he will be forced to tell fantastic invented stories to strangers, spreading pleasure to the narratively-impoverished third world. Like Scheherazade, perhaps he'll talk to live another day.
The incomplete contrition of serial liar Stephen Glass [Slate]