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Now it's "a handful of women other than his mistress"? It sounds like Governor Sanford wanted to follow not King David's example, but that of David's son Solomon.

Two questions: (1) What would happen to Mark Sanford if he were a corporate CEO and not a Governor? and (2) Why do GOP leaders like Lindsey Graham reject the private sector, market-driven solution to a mess like this?

Harvey Milk preached hope for those on the margins; today's GOP all too often preaches fear, callous indifference, denial, and despair. Look around on this Pride Weekend, and it is evident that hope is winning out over fear. It's about time.

News of Dan Froomkin's contract not being renewed broke on Thursday, and on Saturday Washington Post CEO and Publisher Katharine Weymouth spoke at Medill's commencement. It sure sounded like she liked the kind of journalism practiced by Dan Froomkin . . . which ought to worry Fred Hiatt.

Jenny Sanford isn't taking her husband's mess lightly. She's hitting back, with carefully chosen religious language to skewer him very, very cleanly.

The three-part subtitle of Crazy for God sums things up well: "How I Grew Up as One of the Elect, Helped to Found the Religious Right, and Lived to Take All (or Almost All) of it Back." There's lots to explore in our chat with the author, Frank Schaeffer.

The FDIC seized 3 more banks yesterday bringing the total for the year to 40. The FDIC's estimate of the cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund? $11 Billion and counting. And we all know that we're nowhere near done with this.

I've heard that question posed in numerous places, sometimes with anger and disgust and other times with bewilderment. The answer is "my kind," and I'd be proud to have ushers like George Tiller in any parish I serve.

I have yet to see the official text of the bill, but it is clear that the GOP has decided that the four decade experiment called Medicare and Medicaid is over. Says Orrin Hatch, what could be more sacred than the bond between a patient and his/her insurance company's accountants?

Stories of suicide are becoming more prominent as the economic crisis progresses. Calls to crisis centers are up, and medical examiners are seeing more self-inflicted deaths in which economic considerations seem to have played a role. As the crisis continues, this too must be addressed.