Russell Yates Redux - The

Russell Yates Redux - The Washington Post presents Russell Yates' side of the story.

I'll reiterate my theory of the other day - Yates was a guy in a lousy situation, dealing with a mentally-ill wife. He was ill-equipped to deal with the situation he was presented - and made a complete hash of it, as it happens. Was he partly responsible for his kids' deaths? Possibly - and the state is examining that possibility. Was he the monster deserving of the chorus of hatred being directed at him by feminists - and not-so-feminists, like the vacuous Andrea Peyser? If only such questions were as conveniently cut-and-dried as pundits make them, especially our feminist pundits.

I'll bet not one of his accusers has ever had to deal with living with a mentally-ill person. I've found one article, by Glenn Sacks, that seems to show some appreciation of the difficulties .