How about Lieberman voting to impeach Clinton? That blatant stab at gaining the approval of the right-wing is my first memory of Lieberman's existence, and the bad taste it left in my mouth remains. To me, he's nothing but a self-righteous prig with no party loyalty, and I can't wait to see him defeated in August.

My advice to Night Soiled is to teach his/her kids to stay out of the poop. Having grown up in the country myself, surrounded by a pasture full of cows and horses and often running around barefoot, by siblings and I became adept at avoiding animal poop at all costs. All it took was a couple of missteps into a warm cow pie to become expert at it.

If you're worried about your garden, a good sprinkling of cayenne pepper (available in large quantities at Costco) will keep the cat out of there. Cats sniff the ground before they poop, and don't like the hot pepper.

K Paolini

Oakland

Reading the responses by P.H. and larrfirr chastising G.K. for selectively omitting the bad things about the past, I'm compelled to point out that our parents weren't ignorant nor immune to the heartbreaks of life, such as illness, alcoholism, divorce, early death. They were just better able to keep it all in perspective. Such things have ALWAYS been part of life, something that our elders understood better than we ever will, having lived through The Depression, WWII, the Holocaust, Korea, the Cold War, the polio epidemic, etc., etc., which doesn't even account for the tragedies they were told of by THEIR parents.

Our generation seems generally to be under the delusion that we can somehow stave off such tragedies if only we avoid enjoying life too much. Not so. Tragedy will befall each of us if we live long enough, in spite of our avoiding butter and cigarettes. You might as well knock wood or say two Our Fathers and eight Hail Marys every morning - the effect will be the same.

But if we do the things we enjoy in moderation and allow ouselves to cut loose once in a while, at least we'll have some pleasant memories of our own to look back on when (if) we grow old.

BTW, I've never had children, and one of the reasons is that I'll never be able to provide them with the kind of childhood I had. My family was rural poor, but we didn't know it because we had the open sky and the freedom to run as far as we wanted as long as we were back by supper. I pity children who are trapped in front of TV or computer screens all day because going outside is fraught with such peril.

That's it, just... bastards.

Regardless of the topic, is it really necessary comments from the idiot 'Libtards suck turds'? Does anyone monitor discussions? And a comment for 'Libtards', don't be such a coward, publish your real name.

I'm fascinated by the self-righteousness of some of the comments here and on the local radio stations over the Newsom revelations. This is clearly a painful and eye-opening event in the lives of the three principles, but the question that continues to nag at me is, "Who told the press?". Whether one agrees that it is a good idea for Ms. Tourk to have confessed to her husband or not, shouldn't the story have remained confidential? Why would someone involved see fit to alert The Chronicle?

Hmmmmm.... could it be POLITICAL????

I wish Newsom and the Tourks all the best with the soul-searching and recovery they will need to do to get this episode behind them. On the other hand, all those who are so willing to pass judgement on people they don't know based on very little information about the situation need to do some soul-searching of their own. The reason all the major religions have a tradition of forgiveness is an aknowledgement that we are all fallible. None of us live up to our best ideals every day, and it doesn't make us morally superior to pile on to other who have fallen, especially those in the public eye. If we are all to be judged by the worst thing we have ever done and nothing else, then I think we all need to be a little more humble.

Run away as fast as you can! He'll never change, but will grow to resent your restlessness and curiosity of the larger world. There's someone else for him in your small town, someone who will appreciate what he has to offer and be happy staying there. Yes, it will be difficult, but you owe it to your future self to make your life happen.

Many other writers have also encouraged you to go. Perhaps many of us are a little older, and while not unhappy, the distance of time shows us all the different things we could have done and been had we made other choices.

Best wishes for a happy and eventful life! Now go.

For a group that claims to espouse a deep disdain for big government, these neocon bastards are expert at getting themselves and their cronies paid (and paid well) from the public coffers. Apparently, they don't see the irony in that, but I do. That is, when I'm not seeing red over their latest example of hypocracy at my expense.

As a subscriber for as long as Salon has HAD subscribers, I have to protest your axing The Fix. The genious of it and its predecessor is that one could quickly scan all the daily gossip in a pre-digested form without having to actually go to those smarmy celeb gossip sites and dig through all the really junky junk to find the most entertaining nuggets. PLEASE reconsider. I HAVE to know something about the celebrity culture, just to carry on a conversation with my co-workers!