The CNN crawl this morning declared the Flip-Flop Wars. Barack Obama had changed course about campaign finance, deciding not to limit himself to a federal contribution, and John McCain had decided offshore drilling is okay after all.
The more important issue is the press’ mindless acceptance of the received boobism that changing one’s mind, one’s [...]
The gray region between sexism and misogyny is a gloaming filled with turned around street signs and delusions. I ought to know because I’ve been wallowing in it. I wrote in this space that Senator Hillary Clinton was marching like the Energizer Bunny off a cliff. I faulted her for playing the race card. I [...]
Read More...Sexism, racism, agism, smoothies, bumblers, swift-boaters, dreamers—all flavors in the great American apple pie. As we learn to avoid trans fats so we learn, ever so slowly, to wean ourselves from misogyny, racism, agism and all those other nasties.
The late Democratic primary had plenty of misogyny and racism to go around. It arose among the [...]
We talk from time to time in our society about racial profiling, but where is Frank Gorshin now that we need him so much? Impersonators tell us more about our leaders and wannabes than all the pundits and reporters together.
Watch John McCain walking arthritically with his fists held rigidly in front of him like [...]
West Virginians on Tuesday broke the devil’s deal between the media and the people to talk about racism and misogyny as little as possible. The voters in the mountain state chose to see Barack Obama as half black, not half white. They chose to remind us that racism is alive and well in the United [...]
Read More... With Hillary Clinton having recently made like a schoolyard bully, maybe this isn’t the right moment to bring up the issue of misogyny. Or maybe it is.
Anybody who thinks this is a dead-letter issue should take a look at those e-mailed erectile dysfunction advertisements bubbling up from the cesspools of humanity. Their revolting language [...]