Doris Kearns-Goodwin: We Need to Excuse Affairs to Get the ´Best People in Public Life´ Posted By: Warner Todd Huston 11/14/2012 1:16:39 PM Referenced Article written by Lies, not history. Publius Forum, by Warner Todd Huston Original Article
In response to revelations of the extramarital affair that now former CIA Chief David Petraeus admitted to over the weekend, liberal historian Doris Kearns-Goodwin scoffed at the idea of holding highly placed public figures to account for their personal behavior.