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Newsweek on Rielle Hunter, the baby mama of John Edwards:

And yet, for two years, she has behaved with more public dignity than any other figure in the Edwards scandal. In fact, she acted with more discipline and discretion than any mistress in the recent history of sex scandals.

The mere contemplation of such a category — sex-scandal mistresses who have acted with discipline and discretion — tells you everything you need to know about Newsweek.

John J. Miller, the national correspondent for National Review and host of its Great Books podcast, is the director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College. He is the author of A Gift of Freedom: How the John M. Olin Foundation Changed America.
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