Modern liberals have an almost religious belief that the government can solve any problem if given sufficient power, but recent scandals have shown that this belief is horribly misplaced. In recent weeks we have witnessed a disheartening parade of human weakness which confirms Lord Acton’s famous observation that, “Great men are almost always bad men.”

We have world leaders like Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and former IMF Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn on trial for underage prostitution and rape.  Then there are national figures like former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and former Senator John Edwards with illegitimate children, and of course Congressman Anthony Weiner who finally confessed to a scandal that has gripped the capital for the past week.