Opinion

If the scandal that forced former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer to resign has taught us anything, it's this: You can be the most dedicated, ruthless and effective public servant at combating crime, but if you pay for the sexual services of a competent, adult woman, then you're a depraved, immoral person and a disgrace to your office.

Ah, Wal-Mart. The biggest retail store in the country has a bad track record of paying low wages, putting local mom-and-pop shops out of business and not overseeing its allegedly sexist employment methods.

Another sex scandal rocked the Detroit political arena after the Detroit Free Press exposed the mayor's illicit affair with his chief of staff in January.

New Jersey state government officials announced that they are investigating whether JuicyCampus.com

"It Didn't Work" was the title of William F. Buckley's 2006 National Review article conceding political defeat in Iraq. Was he right?

The past few years were filled with political sex scandals.

Here is a quick summary of the past week's events in the Democratic race for the presidency. Hillary Clinton either has a really bad memory or is a really bad liar when it comes to remembering a trip to Bosnia she took as First Lady. Barack Obama is still friends with a so-called "hate speech" pastor. Also, Obama has released his tax returns, while Clinton is still stalling. The media has played five-to-10-second sound bites of the candidates' speeches on the economy. This is the news that stood out front-and-center this week in the Democratic race, but what should have stood out?

From social science classes to supermarket magazines, "gender" serves as the foundation for countless forms of analysis. Yet this proscription has not gone uncontested.

Douchebag of the Week: James Carville.

"The good news: Americans believe journalism is important. The bad news: They don't trust the journalism in their communities."

Vermont, the first state to offer civil unions to gay couples, looks to take the next step toward becoming a national trendsetter by...

In the near future, there is a chance that expletives will no longer be bleeped.