She's always encouraging me to take it easy on the razor and has pretty much forbidden me to shave while we're on holiday [which is okay by me]. After a while, though, she does say the stubble is scratchy when she swoops in for a kiss -- which she does often since I'm such a sexy beast.

I'm not a fan of leg or armpit hair on women and have only encountered it [in an intimate way] in Europe. My wife is incredibly fastidious about her grooming and, according to her, was that way long before she met me. I guess the patriarchy oppressed her before I got a chance to do it, leaving me with a nice smooth wife and a clear conscience!

As James Brown says: "It's a man's world!"

Far too much is being read into a relatively offhand remark by Mr Deford, a person who has done more to help people understand sports than perhaps any other journalist in the last 50 years and has written more columns promoting good behavior in sports than Ms Harris has eaten hot meals.

Anyone -- ANYONE -- familiar with the totality of Mr Deford's writing knows he is not a sexist. Let the neo-Stalinist brigades of gender correctness have at him, though. He's endured the snarls and assaults of 7-footers and 300 pounders. He'll scarcely notice the mosquito bites from these ignorami.

Who is the victim here? On whose behalf are NOW and these other feminist groups complaining? Not on Ms Vargas' behalf, apparently. The problem is that pressure groups like NOW see Vargas as a political issue while Vargas sees herself as a human being. No wonder their interests diverge.

My favorite part of the story is when Ms Vargas says: "For now, for this year, I need to be a good mother." I see. So, next year it isn't important for her to be a good mother? Also interesting is that she equates being a good mother with taking time off from work.

Perhaps NOW should be yelling at Ms Vargas instead of ABC.

"Maybe a 40 year old single woman would just prefer to be killed by a terrorist instead of marrying."

Funniest thing that's ever been written on this blog, I'm quite sure.

You had time to worry about gay marriage during your wedding. That's impressive. During my marriage I had time only to worry if my bride was enjoying herself [she was], whether my WASPy family was enjoying the lavish Italian-Puerto Rican reception [not so much], and whether or not I would embarrass myself during the first dance [happily, no]. All this despite the fact that I had a gay friend at the wedding and my bride's auntie is a lesbian. Maybe I should have felt guilty for not obsessing about gay marriage [which I support], but I figure I was entitled to take one day off.

Actually, I don't recall thinking too much about it during my honeymoon either. Oh, the shame!

"But there are other women out there, far less famous, attractive and financially well-off than Vargas. They work crappy, low-pay jobs with no insurance, maternity leave or severence pay. They don't have husbands or families to support them. Where is NOW for them?"

Spot on. NOW does some good work, but this obsession with celebrity is depressing and infantile. It reminds me of this controversy over the all-male golf course at Augusta National. The outrage of the professional feminist class and the amount of time and energy spent on this issue was appalling. Essentially, it was about the right for rich women to join their rich husbands at an elite golf course where they could feel superior to the rest of society and contemplate how large a tax cut Mr Bush would give them this year. That's what NOW thinks people should care about? It's not easy to take the professional feminists seriously when they think that is the sort of work that needs doing around here.

...if you give a rat's ass about it? I'm in my mid-30s. No kids. Never worry about it. Got a ton of male friends of similar age. Never heard any of them worry about it. Part of this might be that men just worry less. Sorry.

The only time I pay attention to females in the gym is when, as the author of the blog post suggested, one of them is occupying a machine I want to use. That's true now that I'm married and it was true before I was married. And I NEVER have a discussion with any of my friends about how they picked up or checked out a female at a gym. Never. The only friend of mine who goes to the gym looking for some action is a gay man so I think the ladies are safe from his leering eyes, too. I'm completely supportive of all-female gyms since I would think they'll free up more space and time for men like myself at regular gyms.

Here's a tip for the women: That guy staring at you probably wants your machine, not your phone number. And he's GLARING, not staring.

Presidents are not kings. [Not even the rotten president we're stuck with right now.] Cecilia Fire Thunder [love that name!] should have known better than to embark on something like that unless she had the political support of the tribal council. Big mistake. We'll see how much it costs her.

In the meantime, here's hoping the larger effort to overturn South Dakota's medieval abortion law is successful, as recent polls indicate it could be.