By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years
A who's who of Hollywood and fashion elite hit the red carpet to celebrate the annual Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala Benefit.
Dark vs. light. Past vs. future. Masculine vs. feminine. The extremes straddled by fashion designer Alexander McQueen in his work, inspiration and, seemingly, in his life, fit together like a jigsaw puzzle in a new museum exhibit called "Savage Beauty."

Don't look for Taylor Swift in rumpled clothes and no makeup: She's not interested in dressing down to go incognito.