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Hillary Clinton donor Clare Bronfman is pleading guilty to charges stemming from her co-leadership of the NXIVM sex cult, an accused human trafficking organization in upstate New York closely tied to major Democrat politicians. The New York Times reports: “On Friday afternoon, Ms. Bronfman, 40, is expected to plead guilty in a Brooklyn federal court to charges arising from a complaint filed last year against her and several other followers of the group’s leader, Keith Raniere, according to a court docket…The charges to which Ms. Bronfman and Ms. Russell will plead guilty have yet to be disclosed. But their decisions...

As the political eulogies for Eliot Spitzer are written, a lot will be said about the alleged contradiction between his "righteous," "crusading" public persona and his tawdry personal life. For example, in a remarkably insipid column today, Gail Collins of the New York Times professes utter amazement at the revelation about Spitzer, as if it came out of nowhere, like space_aliens_landing in the middle of Central Park. "You never know," sighs this middle-aged naïf. The New York Post's man in Albany, Fredric Dicker, is having none of it. "I Knew He Was a Fraud & a Hypocrite from the Day...

ATHENS, Greece -- One Olympic event won't make into the official program -- rounding up the hookers. Authorities in Athens, Greece, are cracking down on the sex trade in advance of next summer's Olympic Games. A 1999 law strictly regulates prostitution, but it was widely ignored until recently. The stepped-up enforcement has some women sleeping in the streets -- in protest. They've been spending the night outside the Interior Ministry. The hookers say closing brothels will drive the sex trade into the streets, with an increase in crime. Advocates of the crackdown contend the bordellos hurt Athens's image. But sex...