Tiger doesn't owe us an explanation

The notion that Woods owes America an explanation is based only on the fact that he is a celebrity. Meaning, some percentage of Americans worship him, or at least his amazing talent, and thus feel entitled to scrutinize his private life. His enormous success — 71 PGA Tour victories, including 14 major championships and a billion dollars in earnings from winnings and product endorsements — makes him a sort of public endowment from which gawkers expect dividends. They’ve tithed at the altar of Tiger Woods and they expect confessions in return…

Might we think less of him should details emerge that confirm the rumors? To each his own. But someone, somewhere along this dark path to lost privacy, needs to shout “No more.”