On Whores

Chris Weigant, 11.25.2009

Author, Political Commentator, and Blogger (ChrisWeigant.com)

I was kind of hoping I wouldn't have to address this subject, but an etymological battle in Washington seems to have just been stirred up further, mea...

What We're Not Saying: Why I Miss Eliot Spitzer

Will Schwartz, 11.16.2009

Writer, musician and New Yorker

We were perversely short-sighted with the way we handled Eliot Spitzer. We prioritized our blood lust for personal justice over our desire for effective public policy.

Warren Buffett and the Business of Life: Part 1 of 7

Alice Schroeder, 10.29.2009

Author, The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life

Warren Buffett is never more himself than when he is given the chance to invest in something he wants at a price of his choosing.

Is CNBC Pimping for State Street Bank?

Jerry Brown, 10.21.2009

Attorney General of California

In my book, there's nothing 'quaint' about corporate fraud or ripping off pension funds. So, I'll continue to bring the high-priced rip-off artists like State Street Bank to justice, regardless of CNBC sneers.

TV Review: The Good Wife Goes to Better Heights

Catie Lazarus, 10.21.2009

www.doctorlazarus.com

The Good Wife is closer than any Oprah or Barbara Walters special will ever be to bringing this viewer to understanding why Hilda Spitzer, Elizabeth Edwards (until recently), and Hilary Clinton stood by their men.

Gov. Paterson: Where Is Your Education Strategy?

Thomas W. Carroll, 10.19.2009

President of the Foundation for Education Reform & Accountability

Since taking office as governor, Paterson has yet to articulate an educational vision. His most significant education proposals have revolved around student access to snack foods.

Revisiting Misstressed Opportunities

Meredith C. Carroll, 10.15.2009

Colorado Columnist

If only Monica Lewinsky had made a name for herself a few years earlier, I could have had the perfect role model. After all, Monica and I are the same age, attended good colleges, have loving parents.

I'm Sorry, So Sorry: Top Ten On-Air Apologies

Glynnis MacNicol, 10.07.2009

Senior Editor, Mediaite.com

David Letterman's public apology Monday night for bad behavior is merely the latest in a long list of famous public apologies.

Bill Maher, Roman Polanski and Barack Obama

Craig Alan Silverman, 09.29.2009

Denver lawyer and co-host of 630 KHOW’s Caplis & Silverman Show

Lineage and religion -- they are killer topics. It's not easy to escape religious roots. No one makes their own choice at birth regarding religion, yet ancestry and religious rules decide a lot.

Emma Thompson, Featured in Fatal Promises, Speaks Out on Human Trafficking

Marcia G. Yerman, 11.17.2009

New York based writer focusing on women’s issues and the arts. Co-Founder of cultureID.

A new documentary examines the various facets of human trafficking. The film, four years in the making, follows the stories of five people -- three women and two men.

Spitzer Teaches

Jeff Danziger, 10.18.2009

Jeff Danziger is a political cartoonist syndicated by the NYTimes worldwide

Elliot Spitzer Announces He Will Teach a College Course

Tail Wagging Dog: New York Post Fantasizes Spitzer Back Into Office

Glynnis MacNicol, 10.17.2009

Senior Editor, Mediaite.com

Who wants Eliot Spitzer back in office more, Spitzer or the New York Post?

The Writing on the Monitor: The Coming Death of Amazon.com

Alex Green, 09.12.2009

Independent Bookstore Owner

Like the auto companies before them, Internet retailers used your roads, your government, and your tax subsidized infrastructure to support non-viable companies that killed your local businesses. Nothing in life, as the saying goes, is free.

Finance for Dummies

Yvette Kantrow, 09.11.2009

Executive editor for The Deal.

All of the eagerly professed ignorance of the Fed's operations begs the question: What is it about anything that has to do with money, finance or economics that enables otherwise thinking people to plead total cluelessness?

"Victims" of Infidelity?

Ruth Bettelheim, 08.17.2009

Executive/Life Coach, Pyschotherapist, Author

In the news articles and op-ed pieces about extramarital affairs, there is always a perpetrator and a victim. These are stories about Good and Evil, the righteous and the sinner.

Ensign Scandal Reminds Us of the Double Standard Placed on Gays and Lesbians

Rupert Russell, 08.10.2009

PhD Candidate in Sociology at Harvard University

My issue here is not that we do not prosecute our politicians adequately but the double standard that is placed on heterosexual and homosexual relationships.

Economy May Force Politicians to Have Sex with Their Own Wives

John Marshall, 08.09.2009

Comedian, Emmy-nominated writer

"If politicians are forced to have sex at home," said one expert, "it could cause a ripple effect on the mistress-producing nations of the world."

Infidelity: As It Was, Is, And Always Will Be

Samara O'Shea, 08.07.2009

Author, Professional Letter Writer

I invite everyone to relax and take a deep breath. I have news--I'm not sure if it's good or bad: adultery has always and will always exist.

Ode to Our Elected Officials

Michelle Schweiger Schecter, 08.07.2009

Michelle Schweiger Schecter is an attorney who dreams in verse.

Last week's headline was quite salacious. "Gov. With Latina Quite Curvaceous" Guess he found someplace finer than his home state of South Carolina.

The Art of Adultery

Christopher Brauchli, 08.02.2009

Columnist and lawyer

It is time to review the rules for confessions of infidelity by public figures.

Arianna Joins Eliot Spitzer On MSNBC's "Morning Meeting" To Discuss The Financial Crisis, Sentencing Of Bernie Madoff (VIDEO)

Huff TV, 07.30.2009

MSNBC"s new show "Morning Meeting," hosted by Dylan Ratigan, premiered today, and Arianna was one of the guests. She joined Eliot Spitzer to discuss ...