Seems like only two weeks ago a few people were beginning to question whether genes and gender were really responsible for successful atheletes and older politicians using graft and influence to support their barely-legal lovers. As opposed to opportunity.

I’d say the latter. Actually I think I have said it’s the latter.

If you think the real story is that Iris Robinson is…

...the woman’s blatant hypocrisy. She is a devout, cross-wearing Christian who has said homosexuals are immoral and revolting people in need of Jesus and psychiatric help. Apparently her own immorality only became a problem when she got caught.

See, for instance, here.

or that it’s the money, or the politics, or the sex, or even the relative ages of the partners…then you’re missing the most interesting part of the story.

Here’s the funny thing: When you “know” it never happens you don’t even bother to look. Once people start looking, though, they’re going to notice that human beings are human beings. And while some individual human beings are saints, and others sinners, no human beings as a class are angels.