When Gooey Isn't Good Enough

I have a confession to make: I am a political junkie. not that I have a problem — it's under control. But yes, I admit it: I care deeply about the fate of Charles Kennedy, the affable party leader of Britain's Liberal Democrats, who resigned last week after the storm that followed his extraordinary admission that he has received help for what he termed "a drinking problem." So when I was cruising a Web news site late last week, I zeroed in on a headline reading I knew I had a problem, and I couldn't admit it, hoping to glean new...