Last week the USA was all about the aftermath of Tropical Storm Sandy and the presidential election. I thought this week they would be talking about how to deal with the federal budget, whether Obama could work out a way to work with Congress, what the Republicans would do next. Even how the recovery from Sandy is going and what can be done to help.
But no, this week the issue dominating the web and the media is that General David Petraeus, head of the CIA, had an affair with his biographer.
And the media want to know: Was it his wife's fault for getting old and letting her hair go grey? Was it his biographer's fault for being so attracted by his fame and position?
Do I care? Do you? Do the US public? Probably not. We've been here before - often. If there's a plus side to this business, it's that sales of newspapers have rocketed in the US.
It's interesting that recent studies of the brain of young men indicate that they may not reach maturity until the age of 30. General Petraeus may even prove that period extends in some cases to the age of 60.
Or maybe we should just remember that old saying: there's no fool like an old fool.
And move on.
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