Bob Herbert criticized America's "barbaric treatment of women." Anne Applebaum says barbarians only live in other countries — like Saudi Arabia. So stop protesting against misogyny, ladies, and be happy with your right to "leave the house." [Double X]
Bob Herbert: "The Barbaric Treatment Of Women And Girls Has Come To Be…
In today's New York Times, Bob Herbert argues that "we would become much more sane, much healthier, as a society if we could bring ourselves to acknowledge that misogyny is a serious and pervasive problem." Some of his commenters disagree.
Dick Armey Insults Salon Editor, Lives Up To His Name On Hardball
Dick Armey was so stymied by Salon's Joan Walsh on Hardball this evening that he was reduced to saying he's glad she isn't his wife... so he doesn't have to listen to her "prattle."
Geraldine Ferraro: You = What The Media Needs To Start Ignoring
GODDAMMIT GERALDINE, you just had to drag me back down into your withering wackjob abyss. I said
It Was A Nice Day For A White Voter
Welcome back kids! How was el fin de semana? Because it sure sucked for a lot of our overseas amigos! A devastating earthquake on the scale of an earthquake that killed a quarter million people in 1976 just rocked China's Sichuan province; Burma's totalitarian military junta decided to grant itself unlimited…
Prostitution Prosecution
In today's New York Times, columnist Bob Herbert tells the story of a Queens police detective, Wayne Taylor, and his girlfriend, Zalika Brown, who are accused of kidnapping a 13-year-old girl and forcing her into prostitution. Allegedly the couple told the girl that they had purchased her for $500 — like a slave — and …
Bob Herbert And Barbara Ehrenreich: We Are Feeling The Love
Nickel and Dimed author Barbara Eherenreich and New York Times columnist Bob Herbert both wrote opinion pieces this week about the Hillary-Obama battles that I meant to devote some time to praising. I mean if anything has been sorta productive about this BATSHIT CRAZY EMOTIONAL primary campaign, it's that it's given…
