Think that headline is misogynistic? So did we. But Sic insisted we use it because (presumably like the photo) "it's eye-catching." Also, according to the authors of a new book, it's not misogynistic at all - it's scientific. Or psychological, actually. It's from Why Women Have Sex, which
Read story »Ahmadinejad Is Kinda Like Jesus
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian despot – and noted Holocaust denier, wannabe Israel annihilator, and vitriolic anti-Semite – is himself a member of the tribe. That’s right, the world’s preeminent Jew-hater is ... a Jew. From the Daily Telegraph (UK): A photograph of the Iranian president
Read story »Sic Is Just Bitter
When four-fifths of a reality TV cast is black, criticism is verboten - especially when that cast happens to have the unmitigated temerity to be rich and black, the combination of which assaults the upwardly mobile sensibilities that marks (marked?) Americana. So, given Sic Willie's recent treatment
Read story »“Public Option” Could Shatter Notion Of “Majority Rules”
By Mande Wilkes "Majority rules" is all-American, the cornerstone of this nation's governance, culture, and identity. And it should be: It's just, it's logical, it's fair. Majority knows no partiality; it is stark and declarative, invincible to illusion. It worked for quite a while, this "majority
Read story »Everybody Has Tourette’s
Whether it’s a symptom (of this country’s ongoing stealth civil war) or a syndrome (Tourette, as a matter of fact), nobody’s filter seems to be intact. First it was South Carolina state representative Joe Wilson, who spoke perhaps the most succinct incendiary declaration of all time -and with
Read story »Read Mande’s Lips
Quite a few readers have commented that unless I go blonde, my conservatism will be an avocation rather than a career (see e.g., Ingraham, Coulter, Crowley, Parker, Hasselbeck, Herzog ...) Blonde doesn't become me, as I've explained ... but it turns out that red does - on my lips, not in my hair. Red
Read story »A Word On Death Panels
Running contrary to an apparent Advance Directive that advises them to “continue resuscitation efforts long past the final gasping throes of death,” Barack Obama’s death panels should consider sparing the GOP its ongoing refusal to accept its own passing. After all it’s Dead Elephant Walking,
Read story »You Can’t “Miss Me” In These Jeans…
From Diesel and Lucky to Gap and Guess, the search has been protracted. In the end, the perfect pair of jeans comes from a brand I'd not heard of until I came across them at, of all places, a dress boutique. Miss Me jeans are the dreamiest jeans I’ve ever worn, not least of all because they’ve
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