Did Obama make bad picks, in terms of the recent revelations of tax problems, for some of his Cabinet officials, has he had bad luck, is this par for the course, or is there more scrutiny now than in the past? [more inside]
posted by Reverend John on Feb 4, 2009 - 20 answers

PoliticsLawFilter: Dick Cheney's lawyer, David Addington, wrote a series of papers/statements/memos that ostensibly change an existing law. How can one lawyer, or even a team of lawyers, change a law by simply writing a memo? Is this even possible? [more inside]
posted by zardoz on Dec 21, 2008 - 16 answers

Scandals Of the Last Century? Does anyone know of strange stories, remarkable escapes, unbelievable coincidences, and headline-grabbing scandals from about 1880-1905? [more inside]
posted by The Whelk on Oct 10, 2008 - 17 answers

There's some serious douche-baggery going on at my job that cost one of my colleagues his job today. How do I protect myself? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Feb 22, 2008 - 12 answers

How can you trust a temple/church/etc if its leader has had moral failings? [more inside]
posted by desjardins on Jan 15, 2008 - 23 answers

Help me indulge my voyeuristic streak with some good published diaries. [more inside]
posted by Brittanie on Oct 28, 2007 - 25 answers

Back in the late 90s there was a sex scandal at a US high school or college that involved a clique of boys competing to see who could get the most lays. The scandal broke when the book that the boys were using to keep score fell into the hands of authorities. Can anyone remember where this took place? [more inside]
posted by daHIFI on Jul 10, 2007 - 2 answers

Louis XIV and The Poison Affair. Help me find out more about the scandal of Versailles. [more inside]
posted by ninazer0 on Jul 6, 2007 - 4 answers

Magic Ball Filter: Stock Option Back Dating Scandal: How bad is it? How much is it going to affect the average person? [more inside]
posted by nnk on Oct 20, 2006 - 15 answers

Help me find interesting articles, books, interviews about American steroid scandals in the Olympic Games. [more inside]
posted by np312 on Jul 7, 2006 - 2 answers

I'm bewildered by the fact that the Cat Power song "Nude as the News," which I always assumed was about the Jesse Jackson child-out-of-wedlock scandal, came out in 1996 when said scandal broke in 2001 (justmonths after the baby was born.) Am I an idiot? Help ease my fevered brain.
posted by juniper on Nov 17, 2005 - 9 answers

Anybody know of a link to a good "Plamegate for beginners" article that I could send to someone who really wasn't paying attention until today?
posted by tizzie on Oct 28, 2005 - 16 answers

Help my students design a parade float based on the theme of Aztec human sacrifice. [more inside]
posted by LarryC on Sep 16, 2005 - 12 answers

In following the excellent, comprehensive research being done by MeFites ericb and amberglow in covering the Gannon scandal, I am curious what the average lag time is between the occurrence of any politically controversial event and the resulting coverage in so-called MSM outlets and newspapers? [mi] [more inside]
posted by AlexReynolds on Feb 18, 2005 - 8 answers

What exactly do the "cream" and the "clear" do? A cornerstone of both Giambi and Bonds testimony was that the "steroid" just didn't work, is it possible there is some truth to that?
posted by djacobs on Dec 3, 2004 - 14 answers

Can you settle a discussion I was having in work today. He said that there had never been a political scandal which didn't find it's root cause in either sexual indiscression or money/business gains. I disagreed but couldn't come up with an example. Can anyone prove him wrong?
posted by feelinglistless on Nov 29, 2004 - 23 answers