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How about we respect the privacy and dignity of Maria Shiver and her children and focus instead on the 15.9 percent of Americans who are looking for work?

Nobody in Washington seems to give a damn about the jobless.

The Democrats offer minor proposals that will create a few jobs. Republicans offer major proposals that will destroy many jobs. The media treats the American people like salacious idiots, treats the jobless as though they don't exist and treats the Arnold love-child issue as important to the nation and worthy of our time, when it is none of our business and not important in our lives.

It’s a shame the Strauss-Kahn and Schwarzenegger scandals erupted the same week. One was an attempted rape, and the perpetrator ought to be prosecuted to the fullest extent. The other, a consensual affair, was the more common of today’s scandals and deserves a closer look.

Frankly, I could care less about the sordid details of Schwarzenegger’s personal relationships. But the frequency with which scandals like this erupt — Bill Clinton, John Ensign, John Edwards, Mark Sanford, David Letterman and Roman Polanski, to name a few — makes it hard not to acknowledge that a cultural shift may be, in part, to blame for such widespread dishonesty and infidelity.

As if Democrats running the House of Representatives don't have enough on their legislative agenda, they now intend to hold a hearing today on immigration and undocumented farm workers and hear from expert witness Stephen Colbert? Yes, Mr. and Mrs. America, the Comedy Central host will appear in character, allegedly, and testify of his own experiences working in the hot sun on a farm. What a joke. What an insult to the congressional process of holding hearings to inform lawmakers on what laws are necessary.

This past Sunday, on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Hollywood star Brad Pitt appeared on “Meet the Press” discussing his affordable and environmentally advanced houses in New Orleans.

Pitt's work on this was truly brilliant. He worked with leading architects, civic leaders and investors and in making a major contribution to rebuilding New Orleans. This is the kind of project both liberals and conservatives should respect, citizen action for worthy purposes involving the private sector.

I once met Tipper Gore at a dinner in D.C. and was surprised how normal she was. Al seemed like an invention of himself. In fact, the phrases kept coming up with the Clintons and Gore, “deconstructing” things and “reinventing oneself.” She was from a place. He was from a generation. That generation was always reinventing itself as you would Mr. Potato Head. But Tipper wasn’t like that. She was normal.

It is all over the Web today: Like they said in the ’60s, Paul McCartney is really dead. He was killed in a car accident in 1966. And that English-looking fellow going around playing football games and bar mitzvahs and advising President Obama is a double (named “Faul”) put in there by Her Majesty’s Secret Service or something to prevent mass suicides.

Two established bloggers from either side of the political spectrum sound off on the week's topic in original commentary.

Imagine a young black man accused of drugging and molesting a 13-year-old girl. Imagine it is even seriously suggested that a month in a rehabilitation facility is the sentence he may face. Imagine that before his sentencing he jumps bail and flees the country. Imagine he is found many years later and pleads, let bygones be bygones. Imagine him living in a fine chalet for months while teams of his lawyers plead for his freedom. Can you imagine this scenario?

"Sorry, guys.”

“We apologize."

"Sorry.” By now we're sorry we ever heard the word. From Tiger to Toyota to even D.C. City Councilman, former Mayor and nonstop delinquent Marion Barry, they're all "sorry."

On Thursday night I appeared on "The Keith Olbermann Show" on MSNBC, discussing John Mellencamp and the Indiana Senate campaign. I drew a contrast between Mellencamp and his probable opponent, former Republican senator and later bank lobbyist Dan Coats.

Would Hoosiers rather have a senator fighting for workers to keep their jobs, homeowners to keep their homes and small America to survive and prosper? Or a senator who spent years going to fundraisers and then lobbying for those who foreclose on homeowners and outsource jobs?

I also expressed outrage toward those Republicans who want the president to fail so much, they also appear to want America to fail. The show can be seen here.