I Don't So Much Mind That Newspapers

Although A Life-long Fashion Dropout, I Have Absorbed Enough By Reading Harper's Bazaar While Waiting At The Dentist's To Have Grasped That The Purpose Of Fashion Is To Make A Statement. My Own Modest Statement, Discerned By True Cognoscenti, Is, "woman Who Wears Clothes So She Won't Be Naked.

Politics Is Not A Picture On A Wall Or A Television Sitcom That You Can Decide You Don't Much Care For.

The Government Can Now Delve Into Personal And Private Records Of Individuals Even If They Cannot Be Directly Connected To A Terrorist Or Foreign Government. Bank Records, E-mails, Library Records, Even The Track Of Discount Cards At Grocery Stores Can Be Obtained On Individuals Without Establishing Any Connection To A Terrorist Before A Judge. According To The Los Angeles Times, Al Qaeda Uses Sophisticated Encryption Devices Freely Available On The Internet That Cannot Be Cracked. So The Terrorists Are Safe From Cyber-snooping, But We're Not.

On Bill Clinton: "if Left To My Own Devices, I'd Spend All My Time Pointing Out That He's Weaker Than Bus-station Chili. But The Man Is So Constantly Subjected To Such Hideous And Unfair Abuse That I Wind Up Standing Up For Him On The General Principle That Some Fairness Should Be Applied. Besides, No One But A Fool Or A Republican Ever Took Him For A Liberal.

Margaret Atwood, The Canadian Novelist, Once Asked A Group Of Women At A University Why They Felt Threatened By Men. The Women Said They Were Afraid Of Being Beaten, Raped, Or Killed By Men. She Then Asked A Group Of Men Why They Felt Threatened By Women. They Said They Were Afraid Women Would Laugh At Them.