10 Most Popular Stories of the Week

10 Most Popular Stories

Sex, Lies, Arrogance: What Makes Powerful Men Behave So Badly?
Left: Mario Anzuoni / Reuters; Shannon Stapleton / Reuters
Former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, left, and IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who formally resigned on May 18, 2011

1. Sex, Lies, Arrogance: What Makes Powerful Men Behave So Badly?

By Nancy Gibbs

From the alleged attempted rape by Dominique Strauss-Kahn to Arnold Schwarzenegger's fathering a child out of wedlock, what is it about power that makes men crazy?

2. Sarkozy vs. Strauss-Kahn: Sex as a Weapon?

By Bruce Crumley / Paris

French President Nicolas Sarkozy always saw IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn as a dangerous rival -- and both men engaged in not-so-subtle propaganda head games over the years

3. Apocalypse Weekend: Harold Camping Says the World Ends Saturday. He's Said that Before

By Kayla Webley

History is littered with failed predictions of the apocalypse -- among them an earlier prophecy from radio evangelist Harold Camping, who says the world will end on May 21, 2011. So why can't we stop talking about it?

4. The 'Seduction' Myth: What the French Still Don't Get About Sex

By Judith Warner

The arrest of the "great seducer" didn't come entirely out of the blue for those who have closely observed his behavior toward women over the years

5. Zach Galifianakis Hates to Be Loved

By Joel Stein

That's one of the many reasons people love the fame-averse scene stealer of the 'Hangover' movies

6. An Eye for an Eye: Iran's Blinding Justice System

By Azadeh Moaveni

Iran's antique legal system is criticized by the Iranian public on the eve of a retributive sentence for the horrific 2004 acid attack on Ameneh Bahrami

7. Jon Huntsman: The Potential Republican Presidential Candidate Democrats Most Fear

By Melinda Henneberger / Columbia, S.C.

Jon Huntsman is a pro-civil-union Mormon who just spent nearly two years working for Obama. Could he really be the answer to the GOP's presidential-candidate problem?

8. Smoke and Fire: Why France Was Silent About Strauss-Kahn's Womanizing

By Bruce Crumley / Paris

If Dominique Strauss-Kahn's reputation for womanizing always seemed to precede him, why wasn't more made of it in his home country?

9. What Would Jesus Do: Florida Church to Pray Sunday for Osama bin Laden

By Amy Sullivan

The Mass on Sunday, May 22, at Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church in West Palm Beach, Fla., will be offered on behalf of five people. Only one of them is a recently deceased head of a global terrorist network

10. A Flight Plan for the American Economy

By Fareed Zakaria

Growth is back, but jobs still aren't. Here are five ways to bring unemployment down

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