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Ensign May Have Busted Ethics Rules After Affair

Senator arranged lobbying work for senior aide after having affair with his wife

Oct 2, 09 5:27 AM CDT

Top Aides Leaving Ensign 


Jul 23, 09 8:19 PM CDT
ANALYSIS

Power Meets Prayer at DC 'Family' House

C Street House members believe they 'transcend morality'

Jul 21, 09 2:20 PM CDT
ANALYSIS

Marital Woes Strike Ensign's Ex-Housemate

'Christian fellowship home' in DC was also Sanford hangout

Jul 17, 09 3:30 PM CDT
ANALYSIS

Ensign Facing
an Ethical Hot Potato, but no Legal Case (Yet)

Ex-lover would have
to make accusation

Jul 15, 09 10:13 AM CDT

 Ensign: I Won't Quit, 
 and I'll Run Again 

Disgraced senator says supporters don't want him to resign

Jul 14, 09 1:30 PM CDT

Ensign Blamed Wife in Letter
to Mistress

Husband releases note, raises possible felony charges

Jul 8, 09 7:17 PM CDT

Scandal Dogs Family Values Republicans

Sanford, Ensign aren't the only 1994 GOP frosh with marital woes

Jul 2, 09 8:44 AM CDT

Thune Takes Ensign's GOP Leadership Post

Policy Committee slot
is No. 4 in party's Senate hierarchy

Jun 25, 09 3:45 PM CDT
ANALYSIS

 Twitchy GOP 
 Absorbs Yet 
 Another Scandal 

From Sanford to Ensign, Republican leaders are falling down

Jun 25, 09 5:47 AM CDT
ANALYSIS

 Why GOP Sees Hope for 2010 

GOP could mount a comeback, if it plays smart

Jun 24, 09 10:34 AM CDT
ANALYSIS

Fox, Handed Ensign Affair, Commits Ugly Fumble


Jun 19, 09 5:31 PM CDT
UPDATED

Husband Outed Ensign Affair
to Fox News

Hampton's lawyer made 'exorbitant demands': senator

Jun 19, 09 1:55 PM CDT

Ensign Helped Aide's Hubby Get Pair of Jobs

Mistress' spouse worked for two firms with tight ties to senator

Jun 19, 09 8:48 AM CDT

Aide's Salary Doubled
During Affair With Senator

Woman's husband, son were also on senator's payroll

Jun 18, 09 2:09 AM CDT

Ensign Quits Senate GOP Leadership Post

Resigns as chair of Policy Committee
after admitting affair

Jun 17, 09 12:20 PM CDT
analysis

 Why This Affair 
 Won't  Be the 
 End of Ensign 

Resignation would endanger GOP seat

Jun 17, 09 10:01 AM CDT

Blackmail Triggered Senator's Affair Confession: Aides

Cuckolded husband demanded money from Ensign after tryst, according to sources

Jun 17, 09 2:41 AM CDT
talk show roundup

Transport Sec to Fellow GOPers: 
C'mon, Ride the Stimulus Train

But McCain wonders where bipartisanship is

Feb 8, 09 10:40 AM CST


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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

Murdoch and Microsoft: The Mice Are Trying to Roar

3
Nov 24, 09 | 10:10 AM BY Michael Wolff

Microsoft is a company that Rupert Murdoch understands. When he talks about the technology business or about the Internet or Google, which, on at least one occasion, I’ve heard him call Gadget, he invariably reverts to talking about Microsoft, which, on at least one occasion, I’ve heard him call IBM. What is Microsoft going to do? he asks, oddly echoing—indeed anticipating—Jeff Jarvis’ book, What Would Google Do? Murdoch’s question... More »

Books Are Bad for You

20
Nov 23, 09 | 8:41 AM BY Michael Wolff

A few years ago, writing about the book business and how dumbed down and craven books had become—and pathetic, designed only to sell... More »

The Health-Care Wars Have Just Begun

11
Nov 20, 09 | 8:32 AM BY Michael Wolff

My 84-year-old mother was full of venomous indignation at dinner last night over the great mammogram take-back. Bureaucrats, in her view,... More »

Sarah Palin Deserves Some More Attention

17
Nov 19, 09 | 10:14 AM BY Michael Wolff

This is a phenomenon that just keeps giving. Its very lack of explanation, and ensuing incredulity and apoplexy, propel it. There... More »

And We Thought We Hated Mammograms

8
Nov 18, 09 | 2:40 PM BY Caroline Miller

No one likes to get a mammogram. Still, it’s hard to find a woman anywhere who was pleased to hear the new ruling that... More »

China and the Obese: The President Meets His Greatest Problems

12
Nov 18, 09 | 8:43 AM BY Michael Wolff

For all sorts of obvious reasons, it seems like a greatly unacceptable and possibly discriminatory thing to say that the obese are a lot... More »

Rupert Murdoch’s Guy Gets It

7
Nov 17, 09 | 6:50 AM BY Michael Wolff

If Arthur Miller were at it again, he’d call the play Death of a PR Guy. Gary Ginsberg, Murdoch’s PR guy who got... More »

Obama's Secret Weapon: The Hug

4
Nov 16, 09 | 12:30 PM BY Lewis Grossberger

President Obama needs to get the hell out of China as fast as he can, rush back to America and start hugging Republicans. This will... More »

The President Wants You to Know He’s Too Dopey to Use Twitter

19
Nov 16, 09 | 8:01 AM BY Michael Wolff

“First of all, let me say that I have never used Twitter. I notice that young people—you know, they’re very busy with... More »

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