Apparently, Paglia has given up on politics and science. Now, she is just sticking to art films. Presumably, this is something she actually knows something about.

However, I am still dissatisfied by her column. Does anyone believe that the era of the art film hasn't been over for 20 or 30 years? Everyone agrees that was the golden age of American film and everyone agrees that its over. Is Paglia really trying to debate this point? If she's not debating that point, then what the hell is she talking about?

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Why can't Paglia just talk about something current, instead of living in her memories of her college years and growing up in the sixties? Why must everything be discussed in reference to that time in her life?

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Dear LW,

Have him see a dermotologist. There may be things he can do to slow or stop the loss. Rogaine comes to mind.

Also, being a grad. student can be stressful. Maybe someone can help him with stress management. Stress leads to depression, anger, hypertension, and weight gain. If he doesn't learn to deal, the hair loss will seem minor in comparison.

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Life's a bitch. We get old and lose our hair. Skin sags. Beauty fades. This will happen to you too. There is nothing more annoying than a young woman who is unaware of her inevitable fade from youthful beauty.

I agree with Cary. You need to decide if you are going to stick with this guy through all of that or if you are going to bail. If you are going to bail, do the guy a favor and get out now. When he asks you why, don't mention the hair.

Yes, people want cheap flights. People want everything cheaply. People want to buy an Armani suit for $10 at Walmart. What does this prove?

The fact that people want dirt cheap flights is not an adequate excuse for the lousy, awful service that airlines provide today. I bet if you asked people if they would pay $10 or $20 extra per flight for decent legroom and fewer delays, the answer would be yes.

The real reason why airlines stuff as many people as they can onto an airplane, keep them sitting on the tarmac through hours long delays, and are using more regional jets is profit. All of these things increase profit. The airlines are businesses and the only goal of a business is to make money, as much as possible.

Regulation is the answer to this problem. Without regulations, things like the minimum wage, consumer product safety standards, child labor laws, and unions would not exist.

Left to their own devices, the airlines have made flying unbearable and hostile. Its time to consider re-regulating the airlines. The government should control the numbers of flights available, routes, ticket prices, whatever. I'm sure its possible to make flying better and still allow the airlines to make a decent profit, without causing ticket prices to skyrocket.

Calculators and computers used to be so expensive that the average person couldn't afford them either. I'm sure the fact that flying used to be expensive has a very complicated explanation. It can't just be explained by more competition among airlines. Advances in technology and larger volumes of travelers are also part of the equation.

Mr. Smith needs to think more critically and stop parroting the standard airline BS. At this point, he is just an apologist for the airline industry.

These are beautiful, intelligent, enchanting dogs. They make wonderful pets and are good around children. Don't judge until you've been around one for a while.

As a professor in the sciences, I can tell you that anyone who gets a C and an F in organic chemistry isn't going to be a doctor. You need a near-4.0 GPA to get into medical school. Competition to get in is extremely tough. More importantly, if you can't handle organic chemistry without panic attacks, you are not going to cut in in medical school. You would be well advised to change you major now, rather than continue down your current path and then be rejected over and over again by one medical school after another. I've seen students take that route and its not pretty. There is nothing sadder than than an unsuccessful premed who just wasn't able to see the writing on the wall. Change your major now. A year from now, it wont seem like a big deal.

There are so many things you can do to help people besides being a doctor. Find one that suits you and that you enjoy.

Good luck!

Any guy who has sex with a woman who has had more than a few drinks is a rapist. Men know better. They know that the unwritten rule is that you don't sleep with drunk women. Alcohol lowers inhibitions enough that a woman who would have said “no” will say “yes.”

Anyone who tells you different is either lying or deluding themselves. Just because the rapist is also drunk is no excuse. We don’t excuse drunk driving just because the driver was drunk when he or she decided to get behind the wheel.

If I ever have a daughter, she will not be allowed to read Cosmo.

The article should be required reading for anyone considering military service.

Is it too much to ask that I be able to open Salon.com and not see an ugly redneck stereotype with a cigarette dangling out of its mouth?

This feature isn't funny or amusing. Its just ugly and low brow. If I wanted to see stuff like this, I'd just watch TV.

I'd rather read Paglia or that annoying "rock critic" who didn't like the Beatles.

Salon.com can do better...