First in a series of editorials on campaign finance reform. In American history the right to vote has met and overcome one barrier after another, from property ownership requirements to poll taxes to gender and race prohibitions. Now a new barrier threatens the very...

The Bill Clinton presidency crisis is a reflection of a broader and more important phenomenon in American politics involving the prominence of the politics of scandal. Controversies are the inevitable consequence of enforcing strict standards of proper conduct. The various allegations and investigations in...

Japan's agriculture minister died Monday after hanging himself just hours before he was to face questioning in a political scandal, officials said, dealing a powerful blow to the increasingly beleaguered government ahead of July elections.Toshikatsu Matsuoka, 62, was found in his apartment Monday unconscious and...

An Alabama mining company on Thursday denied having any relationship with right-wing death squads in Colombia and said it has no intention of settling a related U.S. lawsuit.A federal judge in Alabama last month allowed a civil suit to go forward against Drummond Co. Inc....

“It seems incontrovertible that political scandals have now acquired a prominent and important place in American political life.” British political scientist Robert Williams Political scandals begin with various forms of wrongdoing by...