Sex Scandal

Forgive me, America, for I have sinned Forgive me, America, for I have sinned

Some politicians survive sex scandals. Why? They have perfected the public grovel.
  • More trouble for Florida Dem Mahoney

    The congressman who rode anti-Foley anger into the House faces his second sex scandal in less than a week.
  • Why bathroom sex is hot

    Larry Craig is the latest politician to get caught with his pants down. So what is the eternal allure of sex in a stall, and does it make you gay?
  • The rise and fall of Jack Ryan

    Do the sex lives of our politicians have to be strictly vanilla?
  • King Kaufman's Sports Daily

    The "Enronic" nature of sex- and booze-soaked college sports programs. Plus: ESPN's "Dream Job" and Stuart Scott -- boo-yah or bum-rush? The readers write.
  • Heard the one about Prince Charles and the valet?

    Regardless of the truth of the allegations that no one in Britain has heard, the truly shocking thing would be if a royal, public schoolboy or military man here had never enjoyed a spot of buggery in his youth.
  • Pity the Catholic Church

    I never thought I'd say it, but I actually feel sorry for the Catholic Church.
  • The arrogance of the Catholic Church

    The pope's refusal to seriously address the current sex scandal -- and his attempt to blame homosexuals for the problem -- follows in a grand tradition of church coverups.
  • Collared

    A priest and nun are silenced after refusing to condemn homosexuality.
  • The gay purge

    By scapegoating homosexual priests, the Catholic Church seeks to avoid a tougher look at its secret history of abuse.
  • Oh, behave!

    The case of a former Conservative MP and his wife, who were arrested on sex charges, has turned into London's weirdest political sideshow.
  • Jesse Jackson? That's just my baby daddy

    The reverend can be forgiven for his affair because the flesh is weak. But so is his game -- why did he get caught?
  • The rise and fall of Mexico's Madonna

    Pop goddess Gloria Trevi captivated a nation and became an icon of female sexuality and power -- until allegations of her involvement in a lurid child-sex scandal.
  • Bawdy blasphemers arrested in Ramadan sex scandal

    At the turn of the millennium, Kuwaiti sex police are trying to staunch the flow of Western sex sins from corrupting their land.
  • Live through this Saturday night

    Courtney Love's directorial debut -- in glorious plaid! Patenstein? Count Patula? The Wolfpat? Pollsters say Buchanan's more trick than treat.
  • Monica Lewinsky beat me out of an internship

    The man who could have saved the dignity of the White House offers Practical Advice From a Guy Who Could Have Saved the Dignity of the Executive Office
  • Hyde lied, says former lover

    "Long-term relationship" ended at least two and a half years after Hyde claimed it did, charges Cherie Soskin.
  • Salon's declaration of independence

  • Salon's declaration of independence

  • Hyde lied, says former lover

    House Judiciary Committee chairman Henry Hyde lied about his adulterous affair, charges his ex-lover
  • Secret lives of the Republicans, Part One

    How Dan Burton outed himself in a preemptive strike against an upcoming Vanity Fair expose.
  • True romance

    Why did President Clinton risk everything for a perky intern? Because he was in love.
  • True romance

    Why did President Clinton risk everything for a perky intern? Because he was in love.
  • Newt's glass house

    Newt Gingrich is reluctant to stone President Clinton for adultery, not out of Christian compassion, but because he lives in a very fragile glass house.
  • What they're saying

    Susan Faludi, Arianna Huffington and other commentators react to Clinton's day of reckoning
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