Elliot Spitzer

Where Does the #Occupy Movement Go From Here?

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 01.04.2012

Miles Mogulescu

It's time to ask whether the organizational forms and tactics which birthed the #Occupy mass protests are adequate to building a long-term movement which can change the country and the world.

Occupy Wall Street at 6AM Sunday

The Relentless Conservative | Posted 12.19.2011

The Relentless Conservative

I woke up very early on Sunday morning and thought the Relentless Conservative (RC) should head on down to see what Occupy Wall Street (OWS) was all about.

Sex and the Married Man

Robert Brustein | Posted 08.13.2011

Robert Brustein

When you consider all the political careers wrecked by acts of extra-marital sex, whether Gary Hart's Bimini bimbo or Elliott Spitzer's Washington call-girl, you can see that being a potent male is often an obstacle to being a potent politician.

11 Top Political Sex Scandals

latimes.com | June 8, 2011 | Posted 08.08.2011

Although political scandals date to the country's earliest days, attention to sex-related wrongdoing in Congress began in earnest in the 1970s. Here a...

Explaining Weiner

Andy Ostroy | Posted 08.08.2011

Andy Ostroy

The rise and ultimate fall of Rep. Anthony Weiner's once-brilliant political career has many elements of a classic Greek tragedy, where the highly ambitious, competent, powerful protagonist suffers a horrible fate.

WATCH: Which Political Wives Stood By Their Disgraced Hubbies?

Huffington Post | Ashley Reich | Posted 08.07.2011

Though Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner apologized to his wife Huma Abedin numerous times throughout Monday's news conference--where he confessed to hav...

Bill Clinton or Eliot Spitzer: An Eleventh Anniversary Rumination

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Reese Schonfeld

Who do you think is more likely to attract an audience -- the charming, charismatic Clinton, or the mean and menacing Spitzer?

February Ratings: A Good Month for CNN

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Reese Schonfeld

CNN continues to lag behind FoxNews and MSNBC in total viewers. But in February, thanks to the upheaval in Northern Africa, CNN was the only one of th...

Did Sexism Fell Kathleen Parker?

Amy Siskind | Posted 05.25.2011

Amy Siskind

Let's face it, CNN has a women problem. Need proof? Do the math. Last year, seven major anchors left CNN. Of the seven, five were women!

Bloomberg's Gun Show Theatrics

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

Howard Steven Friedman

Can Bloomberg argue that his undercover investigation at an Arizona gun show was anything more than a taxpayer-funded vacation/publicity stunt?

Fox News Warns That Without Angry Rhetoric It Will Have 24 Hours to Fill

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Andy Borowitz

Fox is preparing for a "worst-case scenario" in which it was pressured to air responsible statements in place of its current programming: "If it comes to that, God forbid, we'll just air 24 hours of 24."

UFC Deserves Its Fight in New York Now

Joe Favorito | Posted 05.25.2011

Joe Favorito

Call it what you like -- barbaric, violent, loud, abusive, exploitative. No, we are not talking about Jersey Shore. We are talking about Mixed Martial...

We're All Paris Hilton Now

Anastasia Goodstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Anastasia Goodstein

Even with the push towards teaching digital ethics, the reality is this can still happen to you. Someone can photograph or record you without your knowledge and post it online where it can spread like wildfire.

Spitzer: Timing Of SEC's Goldman Sachs Suit Is 'No Coincidence'

politico.com | Andy Barr | Posted 05.25.2011

Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer said on Monday there are "no coincidences" in the Securities and Exchange Commission filing a lawsuit against Goldm...

Eliot Spitzer Won't Rule Out Return To Politics: 'I've Never Said I Would Never Consider Running For Office Again'

Fortune | Peter Elkind | Posted 05.25.2011

Spitzer writes a twice-monthly column for Slate, excoriating Democrats and Republicans alike, and teaches a class at City College. He says he is "lovi...

It's a Swamp Thing

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Rick Horowitz

The thing about promising to drain the swamp is that people tend to remember. Then they expect you to do it. What a pain in the gavel! Actually, that's only partially true.

Kristin Davis + Roger Stone = Nonsense

Abe Gurko | Posted 05.25.2011

Abe Gurko

Kristin Davis' campaign slogan will be "GOVERN THIS" Now that David Patterson has officially backed out of the race, look who's planni...

Eliot Spitzer's Kristen: Meet The Woman Spitzer Liaised With February 13, AKA Ashley Alexandra Dupre

New York Times, MySpace | Posted 05.25.2011

Update: Ashley Dupre Nude pictures hit the web Previously: **Friday Update: More Pictures, Video and New Details here** The New York Times interv...

LettermanGate: One Week Later

Bruce Kluger | Posted 05.25.2011

Bruce Kluger

David Letterman successfully navigated his way through three explosive crises -- personal, professional and legal -- by simply telling the truth.

The Whore Wars

David Henry Sterry | Posted 05.25.2011

David Henry Sterry

If this book helps people see that men and women who have sex for money are mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers, I will be happy. If it shines a compassionate light into the sex ghetto, it'll be worth all the slings and arrows.

"Informed Sources": What Really Happened When Rush Limbaugh and Sarah Palin Got Into Upstate New York Politics

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Reese Schonfeld

The latest tempest involved New York's 23rd Congressional district, where the Republican candidate was forced out of the race because of her positions on gay and abortion rights.

The Year of the Man-Child

Catie Lazarus | Posted 05.25.2011

Catie Lazarus

What Did You Learn in 2009? Test your knowledge by answering these objectively scientific questions about the celebrities, politicians and fifteen minute famers who made headlines.

Eliot Spitzer Kept On Black Stocking Socks During Prostitute Romps, Feds Told

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

The New York Daily News reports that a controversial political strategist alerted federal authorities to Eliot Spitzer's dalliances with prostitutes, ...

Millionaire Call Girl? Spitzer's Hooker Rakes In A Fortune Online From Her Music

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

When do you go from an aspiring singer to a successful one? Ashley Alexandra Dupré, the high-priced call girl at the center of the scandal that fe...

Sarah Palin: What the British Might Think...

Cedric Perrier | Posted 05.25.2011

Cedric Perrier

Perhaps what America is observing is political opportunism in its freshest form. We see this a great deal in the new order of the entertainment industry: fame without responsibility.