In a recent column, Cal Thomas wonders why the coverage of Mel Gibson’s recent drunken misbehavior hasn’t dragged Gibson’s marital problems into the discussion. (Apparently there was a young woman with Gibson.)

Because, you idiot, it’s none of our business. That’s between Mr. Gibson, his wife, and whomever he may or may not have been acting adulterously with.

Thomas is more concerned about people’s behavior in their personal lives than their public lives. This explains why he finds eight years of peace and prosperity under Clinton as time in the wilderness, whereas he thinks the corruption, deceit, hubris, and reprehensibly inept and inappropriate warmaking of the George W. Bush Administration so wonderful.

This, I think, is a good working definition of lunacy.