Sex Scandal Is Another Travesty at IMF Door: William Pesek

In the annals of career suicide, Dominique Strauss-Kahn may warrant his own chapter.

The sex charges against him in New York are a matter for the courts. Yet we do know this: The International Monetary Fund lost a capable leader after Strauss-Kahn bowed to the inevitable and resigned today. French voters may say au revoir to a man who might have become president and Europeans are questioning how the scandal might affect the debt-crisis rescue.