It is difficult not to supress a satisfying shiver of schadenfreude as one watches the saga of the self-immolating Murdoch Empire play itself out. The latest episode – breath-taking in its sheer chutzpah – involves journalists from The Sun using the “hated” Human Rights Act against their own employer, who they believe has compromised their […] … learn more→

A society that celebrated Tiger Woods as “postracial” during his reign as the most powerful man in sports quickly discarded that characterization — often in ugly, vulgar terms — in the aftermath of his tawdry 2010 sex scandal, claims a new book by a Duke University professor. In doing so, an America obsessed with scandal […] … learn more→