Mr. Woods' House
The rich need to do their part
Professional athletics is a curious meritocracy where performing some inane activity in the top fractional percentile can result in income statements that are the envy of several NASDAQ firms. Last December, news hit that Tiger Woods was going to put 40 million on his double platinum card to buy an exclusive Palm Beach estate with plans to raze the perfectly excessive main house and build one more suited to his liking. That his ability to swing a club and hit a ball provided him the means to accomplish this dubious endeavor could be the subject of a column or two but not this column. Instead, the subject is whether society has a right to complain about his choice to use his money in this manner.