Allow me to hop on board the runaway Accuser Bandwagon: I witnessed Al Franken commit sexual harassment, and from a front row seat. Literally. Front row, right side at Student Union Ballroom of Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana. Winter of…
Washington What does Donald Trump have that former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, TV newsman Mark Halperin, and actor Kevin Spacey don’t? A job. All four men have been the subject of multiple accusations that they sexually harassed their subordinates. Many…
Sacramento Sex scandals are, of course, not confined to members of any particular party or worldview, despite efforts by the Left to portray them as a result of patriarchy and sexism — and efforts by some on the Right to portray…
Washington “Sex is a beautiful thing.” Remember that solemnity being intoned endlessly by the sex prophets of the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s? Of course, the more recent prophets were preceded by the sexual psychopaths of the 1920s and ’30s. There…
As the national media spotlight continues to glare on Harvey Weinstein’s arrogant and shameful sexual misconduct (and possible criminal assault) and the “me too” social media campaign demonstrates the grotesque depth of the problem nationwide, a variety of questions swirl…
My book writing career started when Michael Korda, editor in chief of Simon & Schuster, bought a novel about a hyper inflationary catastrophe à la Weimar, co-written with my father, Herbert Stein. That was in about early 1976. The book…
Approximately 15 years ago, I had a really sweet and cushy job. The job was easy. The hours very reasonable. The pay comfortable six figures. And, for people who did not know what the work environment was like, the job…
Do we live in Idiocracy or Anchorman? The fall of Ron Burgundy Bill O’Reilly suggests the latter movie. His stiletto-heeled pursuers shocked, shocked — yet another movie analogy — reaction to cable the talker noticing them for their appearance indicates…
You can’t make this stuff up. One sponsor after another abandons Fox’s Bill O’Reilly because of allegations of sexual harassment. Fox then announces it is abandoning its famous star of decades and he is out. For the record? I have…