I read an article recently about a news program that had gotten so heated in its argument that the anchor and a guest had to be cut off by the network. The show was sent to commercial to the sounds of two professional journalists screaming at one another.

We know them all, the villains that populate our fictional culture. In literature, Harry Potter’s nemesis Voldemort seeks ultimate power and immortality through unspeakably horrible means. Captain Ahab searches for years on end for Moby Dick, the greatest conquest of his life, putting his crew in mortal danger and constant fear of his towering temper.