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The Strauss-Kahn Case: Reflections on the Non-Trial of the Century
The wind off the river whipping up Centre Street made the late August morning feel more like fall. Journalists from around the world, seemingly more than at any...
Legal Holes Develop In the DSK Case, But Will Women Care?
News of the prosecution's weakening sex assault case against former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn--and the consequential court...
Erica Jong on Anthony Weiner, Sex and Power
Best-selling author Erica Jong knows a thing or two about sexual politics. Her taboo-breaking 1973 novel, Fear of Flying, has sold 20 million copies in over 40...
Investigating a Sex Crime: What the IMF's Strauss-Kahn Can Expect
The case of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, has shocked both sides of the Atlantic and much of the world. The...
No More Gentleman's Agreements
You have to wonder about the state of economic leadership in the world when it turns out that Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International...
From DSK to Weinergate: Are American Women Really Better Off than the French?
We Americans get can't help getting a jolt of tabloidy satisfaction every time the wealthy and well-connected French politician Dominique Strauss-Kahn makes...
Despite His Dire Legal Problems, Could DSK Return To Politics?
Please read the entire story before putting the vats of tar to boil and splitting the pillows for their feathery content. My current piece on time.com isn't...
As One Alleged Strauss-Kahn Rape Case Cools Off, Another Heats Up
The legal travails of Dominique Strauss-Kahn seem to get messier as the days go by. As noted in our story yesterday, even as Strauss-Kahn's troubles in New York...
When the Powerful Abuse the Powerless
Everywhere you look, there are betrayals of trust. Dominique Strauss-Kahn betrayed the nations that make up the International Monetary Fund with his behavior...
Morning Must Reads: Sequel
Obama’s Mideast address will not be a sequel to the 2009 Cairo speech. Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigns as head of the IMF. From the magazine: David Plouffe tries...
The French Exception
Ségolène Royal knows how to attract a crowd. When she walks into a meeting of France's Socialist Party, her mere approach is enough to cause a stampede of...
A Party Divided
In some quarters, the European Union is viewed as a conspiracy of French socialists. And indeed, France's Socialist Party (PS) has traditionally been one of the...
“Nobody knows what happens in the intimacy of couples, and I deny anyone the right to judge mine.”
— ANNE SINCLAIR, French journalist and wife of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, in her first interview since her husband became involved in a sex-crime scandal; Sinclair...
Can This Woman Fix Europe?
On a chilly night in March, in a concrete building on the grand Avenue d'I*na in Paris, a silver-haired woman sits at an empty conference table. Most of the...
Investigators Search Paris Home of IMF Chief
A lawyer for IMF chief Christine Lagarde says French investigators have searched her Paris home today as part of an inquiry into her role in a $400 million...
What Did France’s Political Elites Know About DSK’s Sex Habits?
It’s long been speculated that when France’s former President Nicolas Sarkozy tapped rival Socialist politician Dominique Strauss-Kahn to head the International...
French Politician Accused of Trying to Trap Fellow Conservative Senator in Sex Plot
Dirty tricks may be a dismal part of modern politics, but aren’t low blows supposed to be aimed at people from enemy camps? Evidently not in France, where a...
French Prosecutors Drop Attempted Rape Charge Against DSK
The legal proceedings against Dominique Strauss-Kahn for sexual assault and attempted rape continued thinning out Thursday, as French prosecutors dropped their...
Has the DSK Affair Changed the French Workplace Forever?
This post is in partnership with Worldcrunch, a new global-news site that translates stories of note in foreign languages into English. The article below was...
Revelations In France's DSK Attempted Rape Case Get Surreal--And Really Icky
If New York prosecutors are feeling glum about the credibility concerns about their victim in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexual assault case, they might want to...
