THE RYAN DOUBLE STANDARD

Will Saletan exposes some conservative flim-flam. I think the use of acrimonious divorce papers, revealing legal, consensual sex between adults, to be appalling. But, as we all know, there is no privacy in America any more. It’s no use complaining. Every aspect of everyone’s private life is now fair game. The press will print anything; and if they don’t, the Internet will; and then the press will report on the Internet. You have to be a saint or a born-again former sinner to be a public official these days. Anyone else should stay away from public life – and absolutely public office of any kind – if they care at all about their private life. That’s the reality. And there’s nothing we can do about it.