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The corrupting thing about compulsory voluntarism is that it preys on the high-minded to the benefit of the unscrupulous.
The real mystery, though, is why the story was emblazoned last April on the cover of that newsletter for high-minded literary Brahmins, The New York Review of Books --and why, last week, in the same publication's pages, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board stepped forth to debate the author.
It amounted, Toobin argues, to a "high-minded rationale for covering the sex lives of famous people" that satisfied a "hunger for sleaze" in a "competitive market for journalists and journalism."
The high-minded spin: The two cases underscore an epidemic of binge drinking in frats and colleges in general.
Those who have researched the issue conclude that, contrary to legend, Ross acted for motives anything but high-minded.