- celebrities, entertainment, Girl Scouts, Women
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May 14, 2012
So, the latest gossip is that Jennifer Lopez wants to have a baby with her toy-boy, Casper Smart. Fine, whatever, I’m so happy for both of them. But I hope they don’t marry, because if there’s one thing Jennifer Lopez isn’t—it’s Smart. I can’t understand Jennifer’s seemingly perpetual need to be subservient to a man. {Tags: American Idol, Casper Smart, Jennifer Lopez, Paris Hilton} {More...}
- Sarah Palin, Secret Service, society, Women
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May 2, 2012
Two new publications with insight into the Secret Service hit newsstands just as reports surfaced about wild Secret Service parties in Colombia. However, the Secret Service had “female problems” long before Cartagena. While the books portray members of the Secret Service as self-sacrificing heroes ready to throw themselves between the president and an assassin, they {Tags: Cartagena, Clint Hill, Jacqueline Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, New Yorker, Paula Reid, Robert A. Caro, Rufus Youngblood} {More...}
- celebrities, Election 2012, entertainment, Kim Kardashian, Mitt Romney, politics, Sarah Palin
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April 18, 2012
Confident that he will be the GOP nominee for president, Mitt Romney has begun to search for a running mate. After the 2008 disaster from Alaska, Romney is under pressure to find someone who won’t steal his spotlight. We can start with who’s not on the short list: Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, and {Tags: Ann Romney, Christine O'Donnell, disaster from Alaska, Jeb Bush, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Kim Kardashian, Mary Fallin, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Nikki Haley, Rick Santorum, Sarah Palin, specter of Sarah} {More...}
- North Korea, Space
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April 13, 2012
North Korea’s much-hyped satellite launch this morning turned out to be less sizzle than fizzle. The three-stage Unha-3 rocket was supposed to deploy a weather satellite, but it broke apart 81 seconds after launch; South Korea is now searching for debris. The launch had been a hot topic all week, as the available launch window {Tags: Kim Jong Eun, North Korean music, rocket tests} {More...}
- Congress, politics, Women
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April 9, 2012
“I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is a disgrace; two useless men are a law firm; and three useless men are a Congress.” These words, spoken by future president John Adams, open the musical 1776, an embellished account of the writing of the Declaration of Independence. I saw 1776 at Ford’s {Tags: 1776, Evan Bayh, Ford's Theater, Henry Clay, Mitch McConnell, Olympia Snowe, Ross Baker} {More...}
- Education, Girl Scouts, society
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March 8, 2012
In February, students at five high schools in Montgomery County, Maryland, received a packet of flyers from extra-curricular groups. The school system allows non-profit organizations such as sports leagues, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, tutoring programs, and drama clubs to distribute flyers advertising their programs four times a year. The flyers must contain a disclaimer: “These {Tags: gay rights, homophobia, Montgomery County Maryland, PFOX} {More...}
- Election 2012, politics, society
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February 24, 2012
Quick question: What is the official language of the United States? Answer? There isn’t an official language – yet. Yesterday Frederick County, Maryland, passed an ordinance making English the county’s official language. The comments by one dissenter, Nick Carrera, particularly caught my attention: “I’m really embarrassed that we have to go through this tonight. {Tags: Carrera, English as official language, Frederick County} {More...}
- Election 2012, politics, Space, Turkmenistan, Uncategorized
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February 23, 2012
After a brief surge in the South Carolina primary, Newt Gingrich’s White House ambitions seem increasingly elusive. Polls released last week charted the decline. Gingrich won the January South Carolina primary with 40 percent of the vote. Five weeks later, CNN–Opinion Research reported that 63 percent of the electorate viewed Gingrich unfavorably, while CBS–New York {Tags: Berdymukhammedov, moon, NASA, Newt Gingrich, Niyazov, Turkmenistan, Western civilization} {More...}
- celebrities, entertainment
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February 14, 2012
How can you possibly not know? Media outlets have gone into overdrive reporting every detail of the tragedy. Montages of her past performances and music videos have filled the air as heavily airbrushed photos tenderly guide the transition between news report and commercial. ABC news in particular is using a photo of a beatific Whitney {Tags: Whitney Houston} {More...}
- Election 2012, politics
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January 10, 2012
Jodi Kantor claims that her new book, The Obamas, exposes strife in the Obama White House and argues that Michelle Obama did not want to be First Lady. Critics have seized this opportunity to bash Mrs. Obama on many fronts, with a particular fascination about a 2009 Halloween Party for military families: “White House officials {Tags: Carla Bruni, Hiliary Clinton, Jodi Kantor, Johnny Depp, Michelle Obama, Tim Burton} {More...}
