Adultery

by Kathleen Hennessey Sarah Palin has jumped to defend Republican Nikki Haley, the South Carolina candidate for governor who woke up this morning to an accusation of infidelity. Palin took to her Facebook page - her medium of choice -......

Who knew there were so many biblical scholars and theology experts among us? Ever since earlier this week when NBA player Jason Collins became the first active professional athlete in a major American team sport to publicly acknowledge he's gay, some...

WASHINGTON -- In a congressional campaign ad released Wednesday, Mark Sanford, R-Appalachian Trail, looks soberly into the camera and makes his closing plea before Tuesday's vote. "Nancy Pelosi and allies have spent more than a million dollars to...

Last week I wrote that even troubled marriages can be healed. When I got thinking about that, I felt, hey, wouldn't it be far better to not have one's marriage get into trouble in the first place? With the divorce rates throughout the country climbing to...

When you're one of America's sweethearts, it's a bad idea to get arrested for disorderly conduct during your husband's drunk driving arrest and then play the "Do you know my name?" card. It's bad for the brand.  That's what happened when actress Reese...

If a Brevard County legislator gets his way, Florida will completely overhaul its alimony laws. And some of the biggest winners could be wealthy men who cheat on their wives. The bill would forbid judges from considering adultery when determining...

Dear Amy: I work for a law firm. A couple of years ago, it came to light that one of the partners was having an affair with a firm lawyer. Both are married, and he is her supervisor. This situation has caused no end of problems in our office as this...

WASHINGTON -- I think I've figured it out. Republicans must be staging some kind of fiendishly clever plot to lure Democrats into a false sense of security. That's the only possible explanation for some of the weirdness we're seeing and hearing from the...

We need to learn to get past these bimbo eruptions. Because if we don't find a way to forgive and move forward, a lot of good people are going to end up on the scrapheap. Gen. David Petraeus is the latest. Perhaps the most brilliant and successful...

It seemed at first like a welcome break from political overload. There's nothing like a juicy sex scandal to relieve election fatigue. But this one, it turns out, brims with suggestions of military misconduct and questions of national security that have...

Last week was a historic one for women. Eighteen women won or reclaimed Senate seats, bringing the number of women in that body to 20. Nearly 80 women now occupy the House. New Hampshire became the first state to elect a female governor and an all-women...

Past CIA officers have been known to withhold information about questionable activities so presidents could have "plausible deniability." In the matter of retired Gen. David Petraeus' career-killing extramarital affair, President Barack Obama is stuck...