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Unchecked power and secrecy — not gays — are the church’s problem

Vatican Myopia
Presenting more evidence that it just doesn't get it, the Vatican recently issued new so-called, "psychological screening guidelines" to weed out priest candidates with "psychopathic disorders," but only those related to sexual misconduct — specifically homosexuality.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  November 19, 2008
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Musical chairs

Ask Dr. Lovemonkey
I’ve been dating a married man for three years, and I’m starting to suspect that he’s cheating on me.
By DR. LOVEMONKEY  |  September 17, 2008
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Tiger trap

Sports blotter: "Walking in Memphis" edition
There are a lot of famously troubled college sports programs out there, the majority of them football teams.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  August 20, 2008
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Olympian anti-heroes

Sports blotter: Olympic edition
Greetings, Olympic sports fans!
By MATT TAIBBI  |  August 08, 2008
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Victim, not vixen

Sex, death, and the filthy rich
Florence Evelyn Nesbit was the most beautiful woman who ever lived.
By CLIF GARBODEN  |  July 29, 2008
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Head case

Media coverage of a State House sex scandal reveals the pitfalls of reporting on mental illness
Who is Jim Marzilli, exactly? Is he a predatory letch? Or is he a deeply troubled man who needs to be kept from harassing women — but also from hurting himself?
By ADAM REILLY  |  July 23, 2008

Man of mischief

Politics and other mistakes
Let’s see if I can fill a whole column by making jokes about violent sex offenders.
By AL DIAMON  |  July 02, 2008
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New Mexico

Sports blotter: "Marcus Vick and more" edition
According to news reports, Lavender was drunk and disorderly on the streets of Cincinnati on April 6 when cops asked him several times to move away from an intersection.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  June 25, 2008
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Trouble in Iowa

Sports blotter: "Also trouble in Washington" edition
Gross, nasty, disgusting story out of Iowa recently — from Iowa City, to be exact, home of the University of Iowa.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  June 04, 2008
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The Double standards

Women get screwed in sex scandals — and men get a free pass
Women get screwed in sex scandals — and men get a free pass.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  May 21, 2008
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Fallen eagle

Sports blotter: "Trouble in Allston" edition
BC isn’t traditionally a high-arrest environment, though it has had its share of head cases, with former star running back William Green perhaps its most noteworthy.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  April 30, 2008
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Young people doing stupid things

Sports blotter: "Carrying a gun to a track meet" edition
“This isn’t fixin’ to stop me,” crowed a defiant Josh Jarboe.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  March 19, 2008
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Must be the genes

Sports blotter: "Brother to brother" edition
You don’t often see sports-crime legacies.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  March 12, 2008
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Supposed clerical reformer proves to be a control freak

Religion
The ProJo ’s front page on February 15 delivered a one-two punch to Rhode Island Roman Catholics.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  February 20, 2008
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Pro-lifers: not as consistent as they’d have you believe

Public + Private
The so-called “pro-life” movement must explain its glaring hypocrisy.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  February 06, 2008
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Torture-tapes template

Bush-administration lawyers could be nailed for their role in destroying evidence in the CIA scandal, thanks to a quiet Connecticut child-porn case
Did the Bush-administration lawyers, and the CIA operatives they advised, commit obstruction of justice by destroying the now-infamous CIA-interrogation videotapes?
By HARVEY SILVERGLATE  |  January 16, 2008
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Hands of stone

Sports blotter: "Ex-Patriot" edition
Graham and Sauerbrun join a surprisingly long list of former Patriots who have been arrested in recent times.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  January 16, 2008
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Bishop’s puzzlement on pro-choice Catholics is misplaced

Clergy matters
Dogma doesn’t pay the rent, feed a hungry child, or pay for medicine; nor do arrogance, hypocrisy, or feigned bewilderment.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO  |  January 02, 2008
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Skell of the year

Sports crime: 2007 in review
Much less funny than usual, was 2007.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  December 18, 2007
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Can't drive 55

Sports blotter: "Sammy Hagar" edition
This past week, we snared an early candidate for the next Justin Miller Award, given to the athlete who most bollockses up his professional-draft status with an avoidable pre-draft arrest.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  December 12, 2007

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