The Tragedy of Britney Spears : Rolling Stone »

She’s come a long (and mostly downward sloping) way since “Hit Me Baby One More TIme.”

What’s always struck me about her very public downfall is that I think everyone is crazy. Most of us are wacky in one way or another. But the difference between regular people’s craziness and Britney’s, is that normal people don’t have to see theirs play out in front of the media.