I've always found the anti-contraception people so smug and self-righteous. They believe they have all the answers. When I was dealing with infertility, my doctor put me on the Pill to regulate my hormones so that I could receive intravenous hormones at the proper time. The Pill was intregal to my treatment. I would've gone off on a pharmacist who refused to give me my meds. If they don't want to use contraceptives, don't. Leave the rest of us alone.

I stopped watching Hard Ball years ago and I won't defile myself by watching Matthews perform oral sex on his Republican lovers.

I never believed any of that claptrap Anne Thompson of NBC was saying 2 months ago about the decline in gas prices -- lessening demand, glut in supply, increasing infrastructure. I couldn't believe she was being trotted out to tell the American consumers that this had nothing to do with politics. I know the public went along with 2 "elections" for George Bush but eventually people stop being that naive. One day soon the media giants are going to figure out the public isn't that stupid.

that drivel Kirkpatrick wrote. Father Francis assigned "Dictatorships and Double Standards" for his class Ethics and International Relations during the fall of 1982 at Georgetown. While Ms. Kirkpatrick did write that dreck while she was a professor at Georgetown, I got the very distinct impression that the Jesuit faculty and President, Father Healy, did not agree at all with her "double standards" and support of all dictatorships as long as they were anti-communist. I never met the woman but after reading her paper, I despised her and the Reagan administration with as much venegeance as they despised the Communists. There arrogance and disregard for "human rights" was/is criminal. I've never understood the Right's love for Reagan. Obviously, most of them had no real understanding about the evil of the members of his cabinet that not only included Jeanne Kirkpatrick but also Ed Meese, Don Regan, and the rest of the cabal. I pray she is now in a place where she knows the "truth".

I'm thinking that 2 different stories got combined. Isn't there an editor to proof this stuff?

I see no evidence that Sampson is being particularly candid. He almost stepped in it when he started to explain why he recommended Fitzgerald for firing. Then he "recovered" by saying he couldn't remember why. Of course he remembered. He just didn't want to reveal how despicable he is. And as for Miers and the others, I'm sure he's covering for them. They no doubt rendered an opinion but he's not going to say. They probably had enough sense to also cover themselves by pointing out the obvious -- firing Patrick Fitzgerald would have created a huge firestorm that the WH did not need on top of the Scooter Libby case. Sampson and so many other people in this administration have been drunk with power and they wanted to flex that power by smashing all the people they felt weren't loyal enough. I'm not positive that the firing of the 8 attorneys amounts to legal wrongdoing, but I do think it exposes the Bushies for what they really are - morally corrupt, elitist and power hungry. Government to them is an excuse to plunder and pillage and wreck political payback.

Don Imus' program was aired on many sports stations across the country. His comments affect how black female athletes are perceived among the general population, their peers and themselves. As a black female I get tired of people assuming that unless a black woman looks like Halle Berry or Beyonce, we are not attractive. As a middle-aged black female athlete, I want to feel proud of my athleticism. I especially want my daughter and nieces to feel proud of their athleticism and their beauty as young women. My oldest niece is 12 1/2 yrs old. She's also a great basketball player. She's now becoming self-conscious about her looks and her athleticism (even before this incident). She's on the verge of giving up sports because her peers are mean, nasty and jealous of her abilities. Now Don Imus has given her mean, nasty peers another jab in their arsenal of hateful playground taunts.

Women need sports as much as men do. If we want to stop the obesity epidemic among our youth, we need to encourage our kids to get out and move. Denigrating female athletes and especially black female athletes is counter-productive and cruel. There are enough stereotypes about female athletes and Imus and Bernie McGuirk didn't help at all. Look how the Williams sisters and especially Serena have been vilified. The Rutgers women in particular were a great example for so many young girls. Instead of highlighting their accomplishments and their abilities, our attention has focused on some nasty words and depictions. Mr. Kaufman, if you can't see that, I'm not sure you're much different than Don Imus.