Maureen Dowd captures the Petraeus mess–sad, tragic, even comic, yet real-world, an affair fueled by the same hubris so often center-stage in Washington’s policy games.  Oh, and talk about a crush, I’m ready to pin up Dowd’s writing on my wall.  I don’t always agree with her but passages such as “His fall started with Sophocles . . .” make my knees weak.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/14/opinion/dowd-reputation-reputation-reputation.html?smid=pl-share