The XX Factor : Silda Spitzer

A Tale of Two Spitzers

Susannah Breslin — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:22:00 GMT

The Observer has an admiring piece on Eliot Spitzer's phoenix-like public image " resurrection ." First came the Slate column . This week, there's a Newsweek byline , an interview , and a Nation nomination for treasury secretary . "[H]e says what he thinks!"...(read more)

The Power of Plus One

Noreen Malone — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:15:00 GMT

I just finished paging through the latest issue of Vogue, which the editors have billed as the "Power Issue." In addition to a profile of cover girl Michelle Obama, there are pieces on Carla Bruni, Silda Wall Spitzer, Melinda Gates, and Queen Rania of...(read more)

The World's Least Likely Lady Macbeth???

Dahlia Lithwick — Thu, 22 May 2008 16:14:00 GMT

Anyone else catch yesterday’s ripped-from-the-headlines Law & Order finale ? About a New York governor who hires expensive young hookers (and some strange, tangentially related murder)? Anyone else notice that the single biggest difference between...(read more)

Green Cards for Sex? (Thank You, NYT)

Melinda Henneberger — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:14:00 GMT

I am curious about what all those people who think immigrants have such a fabulous free ride in this country think about this New York Times story about a 22-year-old Colombian woman, married to an American citizen, who was informed by a U.S. immigration...(read more)

Eliot Is a Rorschach Test, Too

Melinda Henneberger — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:28:00 GMT

"Deserve got nuthin' to do with it."—Snoop (and before her, Clint Eastwood in Unforgiven .) Whatever the mix of bad breaks and pathology and misguided, "I Wanna Be a Supermodel" ambition that led Ashley Dupre to the Emperors' Club, I feel sorry for anybody...(read more)

Sins of the Fathers

Liza Mundy — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:59:00 GMT

Seconding Ellen: Yes, it's striking, isn't it, how many women have been mortified and collaterally damaged by this scandal. The wife. The daughters. Vacuous Ashley (maybe). Clearly, whatever else it is, prostitution is not a victimless crime. Or not in...(read more)

Tricks of the Trade

Melinda Henneberger — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:55:00 GMT

I always thought pedophiles became priests (and ministers and rabbis and teachers and scout leaders) so they could be around kids. So maybe Spitzer got into his line of work that same way? For that and whatever 12 other reasons he and his (hopefully grandfatherly)...(read more)

Resignation Hangover

Emily Bazelon — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:24:00 GMT

I'm with you, Melinda, and all the other Silda sympathizers. And while I don't think it's going to work, I can appreciate why she wouldn't want her husband to resign, as the NYT reports. If he goes, that's it for the legacy they wanted for themselves,...(read more)