By Mande Wilkes | You know how to tell that America has come full circle with regard to race relations? A black president is not for nothing, but Barack Obama's significance pales (ha!) in comparison to the criticism of Tiger Woods’ apparent diverse-averse taste in women. Diverse-averse? Huh? Yeah. Eugene
Read story »Mande: Sarah Palin Gets It Right
By Mande Wilkes | I admit that title up there is misleading – plenty of people think Sarah Palin not only often gets it right, but also that she can do no wrong. Me? Well, I think she’s kind of a dimwit. But I call 'em like I see 'em, and right now there’s an area in which Palin has hit her
Read story »Isolationist Sentiment Soars
By Mande Wilkes | In stark contrast to Barack Obama's renewed commitment to rebuilding Afghanistan, half (a whopping 49%) of Americans believe that the U.S. should "mind its own business" internationally. From MSNBC: Americans are turning away from the world, showing a tendency toward isolationism
Read story »Mistresses: Home-Wreckers? Or Modern Conveniences?
According to the narrative, having an unfaithful husband is absolutely tragic - heart-smashing and unforgettable, second only to the death of a child on the list of things a woman can never get over. Right now Elin Nordegren, Tiger Woods' wife, is the star in that narrative. Before her was pitiful
Read story »Lady Gaga Is Old As Methuselah
Lady Gaga, who purports to be 23 years old, is – I'll bet my journalistic integrity on this – not younger than 31. Don’t get me wrong ... I positively adore the woman. She's a sequin of a singer – glossy and sparkly and fun. I mean, I owe her my ass, literally: Her music makes me kill it on
Read story »Mande Is Back
I am, as you may have noticed, back to being a regular FITS fixture. As also you surely noticed, I went MIA for awhile. So to where did I disappear? Well, I wasn’t fired ... though judging from some concerned (and some gleeful) correspondence I received during my hiatus, there was speculation of
Read story »WTF Is FarmVille?
I won't do much by way of introduction here, since everybody on Facebook has surely seen those curious "Farmville" updates, and anyone not on Facebook is likely too smart to have clicked on an article including the word "Farmville" in its title. And even though that title suggests an answer herein,
Read story »ObamaCare: Plastic Surgery Coverage?
While the wonks are hand-wringing over "public options," state-subsidized abortions, and coverage for illegal aliens, the more pressing health care reform issue has gone unaddressed in Washington. To wit: What about plastic surgery? Will my shiny new health care plan come with cosmetic coverage? Because
Read story »Pot: A Tool of Oppression
Now that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has declared a detente with medical marijuana, people are convinced of victory for the "legalize it" movement. Fine by me. The less pot prosecutions - the less prosecutions of any type - the better. (That, by the way, is ostensibly a conservative precept
Read story »Sic’s Got a Twin
"So you are a dazzling brunette Jewish Republican writer extraordinaire. You're singular ... but are you single?" Such was the gist of an email I received last year from one Eric Golub, author of the book Ideological Bigotry and publisher of The Tygrrrr Express - a blog whose political focus is winningly
Read story »The Swayze-Polanski Parallel
When you get right down to it, recently deceased Patrick Swayze's professional legacy was inextricably tangled in his classic film role as pedophile Johnny Castle. Wait, what's that? Pedophile, you say? Obviously that's a remarkably reductive, distilled take on Dirty Dancing – a movie which
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