Adultery

Abas Hussein Abdirahman: Somali Adulterer Stoned To Death, Pregnant Girlfriend Spared "Until She Gives Birth"

BBC NEWS | Posted 11.07.2009 | World


Abas Hussein Abdirahman, 33, was killed in front of a crowd of some 300 people in the port town of Merka. ...

Dating While Married

Zondra Hughes | Posted 11.10.2009 | Style


Zondra Hughes

The founder of the Ashley Madison Agency and I sat down for a chat recently and he disclosed that his entire business strategy has been to lure married women to the other side of fidelity.

A Champagne Toast to the 50 percent Who Stay Married

Jane Minogue | Posted 09.28.2009 | Living


Jane Minogue

Here's a toast to those couples who got married this month and to those in the 50 percent that have stayed married.

SC Lt Gov Will Ask Embattled Sanford To Resign

AP | SEANNA ADCOX | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics


COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford rebuffed his lieutenant governor's call to resign Wednesday, two months after he admitted an a...

Revenge, European Style

Eva Nagorski | Posted 08.23.2009 | Style


Eva Nagorski

Europe's political wives are no longer standing by their men. In fact, they're more inclined to stand anywhere where they can give them a good clean kick in the derriere.

Flogging Women: 150 Maldivian Adulteresses To Be Flogged

The Independent | Posted 08.22.2009 | World


By Andrew Buncombe | The Independent Almost 150 women living in the Maldives face a public flogging for indulging in extra-marital sex after being co...

A Jealous Wife's Revenge Makes for Bad Law

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 08.13.2009 | World


Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

What should be clear to everyone in the UAE is that sex outside marriage is against the law. This is not France. What isn't clear is whether the implementation of this law is even-handed.

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

Samara O'Shea | Posted 08.07.2009 | Living


Samara O'Shea

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.

Greatlovelookup.com: A Boon for Adulterers

Sybil Adelman Sage | Posted 08.05.2009 | Style


Sybil Adelman Sage

Greatlovelookup.com e-mailed me today, introducing their site as a "Discreet Dating Community For Married People, and for Single People that want to meet and date unhappy married people."

Governor Sanford Needs an Intervention Before It's Too Late

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics


Yvonne R. Davis

Sanford needs more than just a few Republicans calling him up, and asking him to step down. He needs someone who can come and help save him from himself.

The Art of Adultery

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics


Christopher Brauchli

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

Famed Actor Alec Baldwin's Poor Advice to Serial Adulterer Mark Sanford

Carol M. Swain | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics


Carol M. Swain

We can forgive Governor Sanford for his human frailties. We can pray for him. We can wish him well. But, what we cannot condone is another day of his remaining in the Governor's mansion.

The Republican Summer Olympics of 2009

Gary Cohan | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics


Gary Cohan

Republicans' private embraces are often in complete contradistinction with their own oft-trumpeted, Biblically-mandated "moral" guidelines for the rest of us.

Why Other People's Marriages Are Our Business

Nathaniel Frank | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics


Nathaniel Frank

Proponents of full equality for gay and lesbian couples should not be arguing that marriage is a purely private matter, unconnected to the public culture we are seeking to join.

When Love Turns to Scandal

Danielle Crittenden | Posted 07.28.2009 | Living


Danielle Crittenden

When I was a young, mouthy conservative, I expressed a lot of strong ideas about marriage. Now, twenty-one years into my own marriage, I have to concede that so-called traditional marriage is anything but traditional.

The Big A (Adulterer), the Small M (Murderer)

R.O. Blechman | Posted 07.26.2009 | Comedy


R.O. Blechman

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Robocall from Mark Sanford

Sybil Adelman Sage | Posted 07.26.2009 | Comedy


Sybil Adelman Sage

This morning I received a robocall from Mark Sanford apologizing for his infidelity -- to me personally, to my entire family, to the staff of our apartment building.

Discovering That A Deceased Partner Had Been Unfaithful

The Observer | Louise France | Posted 07.11.2009 | Living


When my husband died I thought it was the worst thing that could happen. I was wrong' Julie Metz was a grieving widow when she discovered that her hu...

"I Had to Talk to My Dead Husband's Lovers to Learn What Happened in Our Marriage"

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 07.09.2009 | Living


Jesse Kornbluth

Some books don't end when you finish reading them. Perfection: A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal is one of those books.

So John Edwards Had An Affair -- Grow Up, Adultery Is Not a Political Issue.

Johann Hari | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics


Johann Hari

Memo to America: Grow. Up. Have you forgotten the lesson of Lewinsky so soon?

Woody Allen and Berlusconi: Stupid, Dirty Old Men Brigade

Diane Francis | Posted 06.05.2009 | Entertainment


Diane Francis

When a man leaves his wife for a mistress, he leaves a job opening. In other words, a philanderer and cheat never changes and will cheat with his adulteress, or temptress, even once she becomes his wife.

YouTube Lancelots and Guineveres

Jane Minogue | Posted 05.18.2009 | Media


Jane Minogue

The YouTube Lancelots and Guineveres continue the medieval tradition of taking a story and adapting it to one's preferences.

Two men stoned to death in Iran

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 02.13.2009 | World


TEHRAN, Iran — Two men convicted of adultery were stoned to death in northeastern Iran last month but a third convicted man managed to escape, I...

Not Another Word on Gay Marriage Until They Execute an Adulterer

Cenk Uygur | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics


Cenk Uygur

The Rick Warrens of the world pretend that the Bible says marriage is between a man and a woman. But the Bible is full of men taking on second wives, prostitutes and concubines. And all the while, God heartily approves.

Who Wouldn't Rather Be a Mistress Than a Wife

Staar | Posted 12.14.2008 | Style


Staar

I'm not trying to change my status as mistress. The wives can keep the car pool, shoppin' and cookin'. I'll have candlelight, romance and all that lovely nookie.