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(Political) Husbands and Wives: Not Like You and Me
OK, here's a question: Years before the sex-scandal press conference or the chunky pearls , do political wives see their husbands differently than the rest of us see the mere mortals we promised to love, honor and so on? Obviously, there's no one model
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Tricks of the Trade
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)
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Aristotle and the Price of Nookie
Rosa, I'm glad you mentioned tragedy in your last post . I've been thinking all day that what makes Spitzer's downfall electrifying to watch isn't just the comical pop schadenfreude of seeing a public figure stand accused of the very vice he has publicly
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