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Spitzer's Socks

From the beginning, Spitzer's downfall has aroused the conspiracy theorist in me. A friend who had been skeptical of my take alerted me to this story in the Miami Herald, picked up today in the New York Post, and writes: "Not sure that it changes my view of how it had to end, but if the Post story is true, you are certainly correct about how it began and what it was for."

One mystery cleared up, and another raised: Can it really be that rare to have sex with your socks on?