John Edwards on Trial

Obama Trip to Kabul

Wrong Priorities

Secret Service Columbia Scandal

Penn State Scandal and American Society

Penn State and Catholic Church

Asteroid Close to Earth

Penn State Sex Abuse Scandal Continues

Penn State Sex Abuse Scandal

The Dominique Strauss-Kahn Case

Obama Tries to End It

Vision of Mary Officially Validated by Vatican

A nineteenth-century vision of the Virgin Mary in Wisconsin has been officially validated by the Vatican. It was officially mocked here by PZ Myers.

Al Gore Sex Scandal Allegations

If you haven't followed this story, here it is; here's the National Enquirer version....

Mark Souder in Another GOP Sex Scandal [yawn]

Rep. Mark Souder's Resignation

An absolute classic republican scandal. Congressman resigns over an affair with a staffer with whom he had made a video touting abstinence-only sex education. You can't make this sh*t up.

BP Gets all the Bad Press; Church, Toyota Delighted

That's Quite an Oil Slick

Europeans Leave the Catholic Church

Toyota's Problems Take Some Heat Off the Catholic Church

Another Critic of the Vatican

The beat goes on, and on. [via Steve Benen]. In the words of Andrew Sullivan:

Now we see how this cult of authority was directly connected to enabling the church to enable, hide and defend the rapists of children ... there is no escaping the verdict of history.