A Los Angeles judge has agreed to keep sealed details of the settlement the 3-year-old's trust made last month with the life insurance company that finally paid out its policy on Heath Ledger."She is not a celebrity," Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Luis A. Lavin said of Ledger's daughter with Michelle Williams. "She is a minor child."

There's a reason that English is the most widely spoken language on the planet: It's the most highly adaptable, capable of evolving to meet new needs in the blink of an eye. For example: Just last year, offering mortgages at a cheaper-than-market teaser interest rate with little or no money down was known as ''predatory lending.

As I recall from my college Greek mythology course, arrogant mortals ultimately learn -- and quite harshly -- the folly of excessive ego. The stories usually end with Zeus smiting with a few choice lightning bolts. Arrogance never escapes punishment from the gods.