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Eliot Spitzer has simply demonstrated once again that those who rise to the top of organizations are very often the most demented, conflicted individuals in any group.

The only question that remains for those who work for such people and vote for them when they run is why we continue to be grossed out, shocked and scandalized when the very personality attributes that got them to the … Continue reading

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“Prostitution is inevitable, so we might as well legalize and regulate it.”

That’s what many libertarians think, right? But Nicholas Kristof has a piece in the New York Times that is well informed and balanced… and that could change the mind of some libertarians… – “Kristen” (outed in today’s NYT), photographed in … Continue reading

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Justin Wolfers is a wise man.

- Zubin Jelveh highlights this piece of wisdom (which I didn’t quote in my previous post): It seems to me that the truly important violations of the public trust are when the power we give our government officials is sold, … Continue reading

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Ratted by his bank, sex-addict New York governor Eliot Spitzer (alias “Client 9″) resigns.

- New York Times What brought him down

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Never talk when you can nod, and never nod when you can wink, and never write an e-mail because it’s death. You’re giving prosecutors all the evidence we need.

Dixit Eliot Spitzer, the then-New York attorney general. Frightening. New York Post Reason magazine ABC News Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Slate – - Psstt… Somebody registered Client9.com just after news broke…

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Eric Zitzewitz’s 10 minutes of fame

Turns out he has published a paper on Eliot Spitzer —PDF file. – New York Post New York Times Wall Street Journal Portfolio ABC News ABC News Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal -

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an American, petite, very pretty brunette, 5 feet 5 inches, and 105 pounds

The Smoking Gun NYT – Affadavit New York Times NYT Op-Ed Wall Street Journal ABC News Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal – InTrade’s Eliot Spitzer prediction markets

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