One of the ways to identify an organization that has lost its ethical compass is to look for signs of intellectual dishonesty in its communications. If you buy that premise, you have to acknowledge that AARP (formerly the American Association of Retired Persons, but now merely an acronym) is in some serious trouble.

Last month, the AARP made a lot of headlines when it decided to support a Republican proposal for Medicare reform that will expand prescription drug benefits for some ...