Man Treats Virtual Wife Better Than Real One

Smut may be losing its stigma, but at what price to marriage and our own decency?

(NEWSER) - Does looking at pornography constitute cheating? If so, a lot of men are in trouble in today's age of instant access. Ross Douthat explores the issue in the Atlantic and finds the extremes of the argument unhelpful. No, digital smut won't bring about the end of civilization, but don't be too quick to write it off as harmless, either. "The Internet era has ratcheted the experience of pornography much closer to adultery than I suspect most porn users would like to admit," he says. More»

Paterson and wife were both unfaithful for years

(NEWSER) - David Paterson, who succeeded Eliot Spitzer as governor of New York yesterday, has his own history of extramarital relations. He and his wife Michelle admitted in a joint interview with the New York Daily News that they were unfaithful during a rocky period in their 15-year marriage. But both denied the "sporadic rumor in Albany" that Paterson had fathered a love child. More»

Second Life fertile ground for new Catholic converts, Jesuit says

(NEWSER) - A Jesuit academic is encouraging fellow believers to take the word of God to a new world—virtual reality. In a Roman Jesuit journal, Father Antonio Spadaro urges missionaries to preach the good life in Second Life, describing the online simulation game as packed with real souls to save, Reuters reports. More»

Jessica Alba, Johnny Depp, survey shows

(NEWSER) - Dating site AshleyMadison.com, where you can go in search of an extramarital affair, recently surveyed its members to find out which celebrities they'd most like to cheat with. Fox News reports on the findings from 30,000 US members. The women:

1. Jessica Alba: Fifteen percent of the males surveyed chose the pregnant actress as their top choice.
2. Megan Fox: 14.4%
3. Angelina Jolie: 10.5%
4. Scarlett Johansson: Fox News notes that she was "the only blonde to make the cut," receiving 10.3% of the vote.
5. Halle Berry: 7.9%

Perturbed James Hewitt also denies he's Harry dad

(NEWSER) - The handsome British calvary officer who had an affair with Princess Diana contemplated suicide when their five-year relationship became public, he revealed . "I got in my car to go to France—to shoot myself," James Hewitt told Inside Edition . But his mother insisted on accompanying him. If she hadn't "I would have probably shot myself. So I owe her my life." Hewitt said he "felt I had let people down—myself, my family, my friends, the nation, the army, my regiment." He collaborated on a book about their affair, Princess in Love. More»