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All the Trappings of Christmas Sans Santa…  Read more>

Can I just say it, what a letdown. This is a girl who (forget about her parents for a second) graduated from Stanford with a degree in History, then went on to University College at Oxford and got a masters degree in international relations.   Read more>

Maybe not for men, but for women harassment charges are serious business, or so I had thought. In last night’s CNBC presidential debate, the GOP crowd booed when the moderator asked a question about the allegations against Cain.  Read more>

Big Loss for Women

Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton told Wolf Blitzer last week on CNN that she will not serve a second term in President Barack Obama’s cabinet should he be re-elected. And as far as her ever running  Read more>

Why do so many women love Don Draper? There’s the fact that he’s dashing, handsome and charismatic but those characteristics are things that any woman would be attracted to. But it’s more than that because Don Draper is sort of a bad guy.  Read more>

On Monday, September 12, the Republican candidates held another war of words during the CNN/Tea Party Republican debate. With the primaries quickly approaching, the political trail is ablaze as Republican candidates move full speed ahead.  Read more>

67 Minutes to Change the World

Today Nelson Mandela is 93 years old. Instead of celebrating his birthday, he wanted to celebrate his 67 years of public service. How? In typical giving fashion, this former president of South Africa is asking people around the world to donate time to public service.  Read more>

Kids are cruel. We all know it. We’ve probably all experienced some form of “mean” behavior in our childhood. And a guy with a name like “Weiner” probably endured endless hours of torture from his peers.  Read more>

This year on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in Los Angeles there was a controversy over a sporting goods store’s advertisement. It featured the likeness of the late Reverend Doctor King in a wetsuit, hangin’ ten.  Read more>

As many of us, the lucky of us with over 14.8 million Americans out of work, face our own job performance reviews with a little bit of dread, it’s clear that American voters dished out their own. Some politicians got fired, and those not up for re-election got a wake-up call.  Read more>

Waaay too much. In addition to being a witch who doesn’t masturbate, we now know that Christine enjoys flirting, Heineken and not waxing her pubes. Told you: too much.  Read more>

Be sure to vote your mind on November 2nd – even if your candidate is not showing well in the polls. Do you realize most of the polls are done on land lines? Well over 23 percent of Americans have given up their landlines according to the Wall Street Journal (the number is going to be higher in states that were hit hard by the recession).  Read more>