Posted 6:30 PM by Gene

We are even more tired of the topic but thanks to this link we can refer to another unintended news-hack insight into TGSM, this with the overwrought melodramatic title "THE CHOSEN ONE", from a "legendary" article by one of those holy scripters at SI, for whom writerliness is next to godliness:

At last, the river is un-dammed, and Earl's whole life makes sense. At last, he sees what he was searching for, a pattern. No more volunteering for missions—he has his. Not simply to be a great golfer's father. To be destiny's father. His son will change the world.

"What the hell had I been doing in public information in the Army, posted in Brooklyn?" he asks. "Why, of course, what greater training can there be than three years of dealing with the New York media to prepare me to teach Tiger the importance of public relations and how to handle the media?"

Father: Where were you born, Tiger?

Son, age three: I was born on December 30, 1975, in Long Beach, California.

Father: No, Tiger, only answer the question you were asked. It's important to prepare yourself for this. Try again.

Son: I was born in Long Beach, California.

Father: Good, Tiger, good.

NSG, we say.

One other thing: We suspect news hacks are developing a notion that in light of what some undoubtedly see as persecution of a GENIUS, morals should not matter in public life. It was just sex, wasn't it? With such an attitude our superiors in government can screw us out of zillions. That doesn't need sex. If they take that approach it owes something to their own lack of a compass -- a lack that helped make possible TGSM, THE CHOSEN ONE, HIS MAJESTY, THE IMMORTAL.