Kathleen Parker

Kathleen Parker is a syndicated columnist with the Washington Post Writers Group and author of Save the Males.

Run, Jenny, Run!

Now that Jenny Sanford is divorcing her fumbling husband, Kathleen Parker says she should take her class-act to elected office. Plus, the messiest political breakups.

Kathleen Parker

'Mom, Dad—I Need $96K'

John Ensign admitted this week that his parents paid off his mistress. The Daily Beast’s Kathleen Parker wonders how exactly the senator hit up his aging parents for money.

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The Passion of Mark Sanford

The cheating governor—and his impractical, impossible love for a woman thousands of miles away—is the kind of tragic, heart-swelling tale that storybook romances are made of.

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Sanford May Have to Take a Hike, After All

Anyone with a heartbeat felt for the South Carolina governor during his awkward, drawn-out press conference. But his lying to the public and going AWOL might add up a quick exit from office.

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Runaway Governor: The Sequel

Coming soon to a Statehouse near you: After South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford's disappearing act, Kathleen Parker muses on the attention-grabbing strategies the other 2012 Republican contenders are plotting.

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Kathleen Parker

Run, Jenny, Run!

'Mom, Dad—I Need $96K'

The Passion of Mark Sanford

Sanford May Have to Take a Hike, After All

Runaway Governor: The Sequel

Elizabeth Edwards the Hypocrite

Obama as Muhammad Ali

The Right Embraces Al Gore

Obama's Marijuana Buzz Kill

A Prop 8 Crusader Leaves the GOP