That's funny, Meghan—when you just posted asking if any of us had seen Philip Weiss' cover piece for this week's New York, I was debating whether it was worth gathering my own thoughts about it. Poor Weiss is already being eaten alive, entertainingly, in the comments section, and really, his piece is such a feverish blend of anecdotal evidence, ...

''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 who would wind up in that situation. And whatever unseen cracks there were in ...

On The Daily Show last night, Jon Stewart showed footage of a few of Eliot Spitzer's predecessors in the ''Parade of Shame,'' who, as he said, were ''all following the one simple rule of public humiliation: Bring a date.'' Then Samantha Bee gave us the scene we've all been waiting for: Her real life hubby, Jason Jones, in pearls, standing meekly ...

Liza and Melinda, I confess I am torn here: Is the problem that big-deal moralizing politicians always cheat or that everyone cheats and the big-deal moralizing politicians always get caught? The late Mrs. Chatterbox, Tim Noah’s wife, Marjorie Williams, once wrote that “the core myth of Washington life is that the men and women who win political ...

I am guessing that the answer will be yes—but am I the only one who finds this Spitzer stupidity actually kind of tedious? Why don't we out the handful of big-deal politicians who actually keep their pants on and be done with it? Which would solve the whole problem of wives having to show up and stand there for their ritual humiliation when they ...

Right here on Page 1 of the political-spouse handbook, it says that in event of scandal, you will show up, preferably in pearls, medicated if necessary, and manage at least a small smile while the father of your children explains that he never, ever meant to let you down. Oh, and it strongly suggests that unless he leaves you, you will stay ...