Brian Williams and the Tragedy of the Male Ego

Like most Americans, I was astonished by the brazen and
inept lies told by NBC anchorman Brian Williams about his faux exploits while
covering the war in Iraq.  Moreover, I
find his precipitous fall (which surely is accelerating even as I write) to be
sadly instructive about men in general and the male ego in particular.  Here we have a man who perched virtually at
the pinnacle of alpha-dogness as measured on a global scale.  Suave, handsome, wealthy, and admired by
legions.  What more could any man
need?  The answer, it seems, is “a whole lot
more.”