In the usual absence of any real, meaty (not a pun, thank you) political stories each summer, it’s usually something completely absurd, wild and/or scandalous that captures the attention of the media ...

With Weinergate in full swing and 'The Sperminator' and Strauss-Kahn incidents just barely in the rearview mirror, a lot has been said about the various scandals in the news of late (weirdly, all by ...

The “Weinergate” story has been a veritable clinic in the pitfalls of new media-influenced journalism, and one such pitfall has come to a head. Andrew Breitbart has been repeatedly accused of ...

But roost they often will. And as they do, will you be hanging on every word in the media? Because reading every story, listening to every news report, and tweeting every thought on these folks can be ...

Even since that fateful day when Rep. Anthony Weiner accidently tweeted a very um...personal...photo to all of his Twitter followers, the jokes have been practically ...

Jon Stewart has a Weiner injury. The host of The Daily Show sliced his wrist while taping a skit on Weinergate! Stewart was filming a skit mocking Weiner’s tearful press conference confession when the ...

As I wrote last week in this space, liars get caught, and now the Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) sex scandal just took another, and hopefully final, turn as a teachable moment for our kids. First, after ...

On top of all the weiner/wiener hilarity and boner euphemisms, Weinergate has generated some interesting commentary. Here, five posts that (ahem) stood out for me today. If Anthony Weiner never met ...

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Weinergate is the gift that keeps on giving. DOCUMENT: Read The racy Emails Between Weiner And Nobles “Please understand i am a very important man. I'm always busy, but I promise i will make time for ...

"I have nothing to do with the situation involving Rep Weiner. I follow his twitter feed. And for a brief time he followed me. Much has been made of the fact that I have posted about my admiration for ...

Weinergate is getting bigger and bigger. Another woman has come forward to RadarOnline.com and Star magazine and provided a sexting exchange with embattled New York Representative Anthony Weiner. The ...