Tiger shouldn’t apologize; he doesn’t owe us anything. Tiger Woods does not owe us an apology. Even with his indiscretions, Tiger doesn’t owe us anything.
Lies!

Those are all headlines from well-known sports columnists and other social bloggers. And to them in all their infinite wisdom, I again say, lies!
Here’s the problem I have with all the people who say that Tiger’s affairs are nobody’s business but his and his wife’s. They are basing their opinion on the premise that the only person affected by Tigers indiscretions was his wife. When Tiger cheated on his wife, he hurt and betrayed more than just Elin. He hurt and betrayed his children; his mother and father (even in his death); her mother and father; his friends; her friends; his acquaintances; her acquaintances; everyone who sang his praises; everyone who believed the façade he portrayed.

And Tiger is a public figure, whether he wants to be or not. His business partners paid him millions of dollars for him to be an appropriate, responsible representation of their brands. If it were widely known that Tiger was a womanizer, having indiscriminate and seemingly random sex, do you think Nike would have used him as their front man? What about Gatorade? And Buick? After having collectively paid him billions of dollars, are you telling me this is only between Tiger and his wife? Lies!

I was in Haiti from January 24-29 with 5 other activists and academics, three of whom are Haitian Americans, to assess conditions after the January 12th earthquake.  The trip was sponsored by the Los Angeles-based non-profit organization Scattering Resource, a group formed by Haitian-Americans to raise money, primarily among Haitian-Americans, to provide aid to grassroots efforts in their native country.  The trip was coordinated through Fondation Avénir (FA) a non-profit organization based in Port-Au-Prince, which helps young people develop various means of combating poverty, and helps to establish progressive development programs to include access to information technology, health information, basic education, training, and community building projects.

The task of the group was to meet and speak with a range of people along the various class-lines, with various community leaders of Haitian-led non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and Haitian Americans working and living in the country.  We sought their take on the relief and clean-up effort as well as their view on what it will take to re-build Haiti. 
The group visited most neighborhoods and community centers in Port-Au-Prince, the Toussaint L’Ouverture airport, UN compounds and other vital areas; the Foyer des Filles de Dieu orphanage and the connected Hôpital Notre Dame de Lourdes; Multilink, a Haiti-based provider of internet services that was the first to offer non-satellite international connectivity to the general public in Haiti; workers with The Fondation Connaissance et Liberté / Fondasyon Konesans Ak Libète (FOKAL); and doctors working alone and with organizations.