As Americans, we tend to divide our prominent public figures into two main categories: hero and villain.  Would that life were so simple.  It has not been, not even in ancient times. Ancient Greek tragedy is a genre of classic literature, one from which we might learn some important lessons about the powerful people who rule over us, or at least who try to do so.  The Greek playwrights often depicted their main character as a great hero, but beset by one fatal flaw, which, in the end, brings him to doom.  Well might they have predicted Comey's rise and fall. Recently fired FBI director James Comey's case is confusing to many, because he fits the profile of an able, competent man, whose eventual ruin contains many elements of classic tragedy. I have no accomplishments in life that can compare to Comey's, so I will not sit on the sidelines and snipe at him.  Even his failings were much greater than mine can ever be, at least in the field of...(Read Full Post)