The news from University Park has so many extreme emotional tentacles.

Sadness.

Revulsion.

Disbelief.

Shock.

Betrayal of leadership.

And now, the storied Penn State University is the lead story in media across the nation and even the world. This magnificent institution and its legions of followers are reeling from the disclosure of most-horrifying allegations of child abuse. But the real story is the total “circling of the wagons” of the leadership and the hiding and denial. All to save institutional “reputation!”

These are the actions of GOBAGs gone astray … this is the “king with no clothes,” in spades!

To see what newspapers across the country are saying, see these links:

• Anger over Joe Paterno firing spills into the streets – Centre Daily Times
• Joe Paterno issues statement on firing – Ann Arbor (MI) mlive.com
• Continuing “home base” coverage – – Penn State Daily Collegian
• “The nation will be watching” – a student editorial column – Penn State Daily Collegian
• The student riot makes page one – Columbus  Dispatch (OH)

• Paterno brought down by effort to preserve image of Camelot – Philadelphia Inquirer
• Superior coverage, the best! … including this Tuesday page one editorial – Harrisburg Patriot-News
• ESPN stumbles with Penn State coverage – ESPN
• Sandusky abuse claims date back to 1994, grand jury says – CNN
• The tragic lessons of Penn State – a call to action – AlbertMohler.com

• How the NCAA is handling the story about Paterno – NCAA.com
• Leadership success at Penn State: in academics – A paper from 2011 International Conference on Social Science and Humanity
• Penn State didn’t do enough to stop monster – Augusta Chronicle (GA)
• PSU has no way out of this mess – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Community Voices
• In Penn State, some see Boston scandals parallels – Kansas City Star

Brian Kruck, who writes a blog entitled, “tipping dinosaurs,” because, “beside Jesus and my family, I’m most passionate about the church, culture, espresso and the power of words,” says of the issue:

“This horrific case is a vivid reminder of what true leaders do:

“They act. They do what they are supposed to do and they don’t wait to do it. When the action is clear, do it.  Don’t wait. Act. Don’t worry about what it might mean for ‘your reputation’ or if it will cause you emotional pain. Often the right action is the one that causes pain to one or more parties. But not acting is cowardice, damaging and ultimately more painful. The Penn State case is a dramatic example of how the inaction of leaders brought tremendous damage, long-term, far-reaching damage.  As a leader your inaction does the same to those you are called to lead and to the organization you have a fiduciary duty to protect and promote.  While we might never face something as heinous as this case, when we as leaders know it is time to do something and we don’t do it, we’ve put our own comfort, ego and pride above those we are called to lead, shepherd and protect. It is inexcusable.

“Leaders, lead … or let someone else do the job you won’t do.”