Deadbeat neighbor: “Nice out here, today. Not quite Indian summer, but close.” Me: ”Native-American summer, you mean. ‘Indian summer’ is culturally and racially offensive.” Deadbeat neighbor: “It is?” Me: “Yes. Unless you’re talking about a summer with like, one of those little dots in the middle of its forehead. In which case we’ll have to call the NCAA for a ruling.”*
November 5, 2005
November 5, 2005
She is woman, hear her roar! Unless, y’know, she feels like purring…
Writing in The Weekly Standard, associate editor of the Atlantic Monthly Ross Douthat reviews an excerpt from Maureen Dowd’s new book, Are Men Necessary: When Sexes Collide, and finds it the perfect occasion to examine the progress of the feminist movement to date. From “Has Feminism Failed?”: Everywhere she looks, Dowd sees feminism in retreat. Women don’t want to split the checks anymore; they favor Mrs. over Ms.; they still