No matter how bad things have gotten in the Baldwin-Basinger family, it could easily have been worse had they stayed together. Personally, I feel bad for each party in this sad drama: mom Kim for marrying a guy with a nasty temper, Alec for clearing being denied a strong parent role by a vindictive ex, and Ireland for haviing to live through it all. I didn't read baldwin's book and he certainly may have a point about our legal system and the rights of fathers'. However, I have a feeling that Ireland's book will be a far more honest reflection than either of her parents could muster.

As for Flanagan, she's just a moron. I can't believe she even takes her own advice.

You're a Republican, right? I can't see what the appetite is for a person to run for highest office who has exactly ZERO chance of winning.

For me though, I just don't trust Spitzer. I said it before, he's a total liar.

Spitzer has some serious problems if he can't wrap his mind around how disconnected his behavior was from his stated words. He doesn't deserve another chance to be a bully, attack others through the legal system for their misconduct and all the while, frequent prostitutes. Spitzer is just a total liar.

When my son was just under two, he sat on my lap. It was the only time we travelled that way. Can you say interminable? it wasn't great for the guy next to us either. If the airlines were to drop the age requirement down to one I would totally understand. No one has the right to make another's flight unbearable because they are essentially taking up too much space.

I read about this case quite a while ago. It couldnn't be clearer that this guy killed Angie because she was transgender. I feel terrible for her family and and for her. She was young and confused and made a bad mistake. She didn't deserve to die for who she was or was not. Frankly, I'll be very surprised if this guy can successfully defend the hate crime charge.

Aside from the fact that this is a reality show (and obviously nutsy to begin with), the term Cougar is really a COMPLIMENT. Women over 40 are no longer expected to be past their "sell by date". Gorgeous (perhaps surgically enhanced?) Demi, freakishly fit Madonna, and perky Valerie Bertinelli have proven that women can define and redefine themselves on their own terms.

I think it's liberating to all women to celebrate the CHOICE of being with whom one wants and not bowing down to some one else's expectations of who we are supposed to be.

Find out first. You may not have the physical stamina and inclination to do the grunt work that comprises police work.

I loved Susan Boyle's performance. Lovely!

Both feel-good fuzzy stories that leave us (Americans, not the Somalis) feeling so much better. The economy? Not so much.

You need to get out more. There are plenty of people with morals who are looking for a mutually supportive relationship in marriage. The bitter harpy you post about is as much a shallow fraud as HGB's shop-screw around-play till you drop good time girl. While the posts on Jezebel are mean, they are hilarious and should give everyone a lot of confidence in many twenty-something women today. Read & enjoy!

I'm glad you appreciate her and that she was a boon to your career. I'm sure Gurley Brown had SOME real business acumen to maintain a magazine this long. However, let's not confuse that with anything relevant in other people's lives, you know, people who DIDN'T make a living off of her. HGB portrayed a fantasy world that anyone with one foot in reality would know for the shallow fraud it was. Not even feminism-lite. Perhaps Playboy's version of feminism is closer.

Many people, I think sometimes unfairly, snipe at the Grande Dames of Feminism for speaking to upper-class White Women's problems. However, whose experience does HGB speak to, I mean other than herself? Screwing around (with anyone married or not) for opportunity and "fun" is so 80's-before-AIDS. You know? I don't know any women who lived like this past the age of 25. Screwing around at work? Good way to get fired. Spending big bucks you don't have to look a certain way, a good strategy to be broke (and alone!) at 50.

The bottom line is that Helen Gurley-Brown's advice was bad. It was telling women to do the wrong things for a few small crumbs. At least the old-guard Feminists had their education and careers as an example. While everyone can't get into an Ivy League, at least a good education and developing real skills will help you in the long run.

I mean that in the nicest way possible way. HGB is no more reflective of the experience of ordinary working women than many of the old-guard feminists. Cosmo is/was a joke and I laughed very hard at it when I read Cosmo 15 or more years ago. It certainly was entertaining. But relevant? To whom precisely? Any woman in the last 20-30 years who seeks to advance her career by sleeping around will find herself likely drummed out of her job.

Personally, I find HGB to be a sad example of what women had to give up in the past (the very distant past) in order to be a part of the men's world of business. Thank heavens for all of those feminists who demanded women be taken seriously instead of pleading for the leftover crumbs some male boss wanted to throw their way.