Back in April 2003 I read this article in the New Yorker magazine profiling the anti-corruption ball busting (excuse the phraseology) Attorney General of the state of NY. Elliot Spitzer came up quickly building his name as as a modern day Elliot Ness of sorts. He cracked down on white collar criminals and fat corporations without fear. His legacy though will now be: The Governor of NY who got caught hiring “high end” prostitutes.

Today On Tuesday I tried to get on the Brian Lehrar show. One of the screeners asked me what I wanted to share. So I said.. “Similar to Bill Clinton (’s affair in the Oval office with Monica) this instance should be seen as a broader societal problem”. She asked if I could rephrase my question to a legal one. She said they were no longer taking calls on whether he should resign or not. So I guess what that meant is: What he did was immoral because it was illegal, not that it was immoral because it was immoral and its illegal because its immoral. I was not able to quickly reframe my question and was asked to call back. There is a discussion on the WNYC website so I’ll just link this post there.