Sure, we have some entertaining politicians and bizarre scandals here in America. Two words: Rod Blagojevich.But anything that has happened in American politics in the last decade pales in comparison to the soap opera/sex scandal/government crisis happening in Italy right now.A Milan judge has ruled that Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi must stand trial for having sex with an underage prostitute and trying to cover up the matter. This guy makes Bill Clinton look like a monk. The New York Times: The judge's ruling came weeks after prosecutors said they were investigating the prime minister on charges that he paid Karima El Mahroug, a nightclub dancer nicknamed Ruby Heart-Stealer, for sex before she turned 18 and abused his office in calling the police to intervene when she was detained in May for theft.Mr. Berlusconi has said he called the police to avoid "an international diplomatic incident" because he had been told that the Moroccan-born Ms. Mahroug was the niece of Hosni...(Read Full Post)