Well, I'm 47, and I like the stuff from Coldwater Creek (or is it Canyon?)--but I have to wait till the stuff I like hits the Outlet. Too pricey for me at the regular price, but then I'm cheap.

Anyway, I have a question about the advice in this book. I read her tips in another magazine (Oprah?) at the drs. office, and the one thing that stood out for me was that women shouldn't wear "nude" colored pantyhose. Supposedly, it's terribly aging. Why? Am I really supposed to go bare-legged to work? I have no intention of following this advice, since I think I really look much better in hose, but I was wondering if anyone else has come across this "advice," and what the rationale is.

She invented, out of whole cloth, a story about Hillary Clinton going to a fancy dept store and "registering" the gifts she wanted people to give her after leaving the White House.

Total fantasy--but repeated endlessly as "fact" by the bobble-headed Hillary hating pundits.

For some reason, MoDo thinks this sort of thing makes her clever. Posits as reality the inane superficiality and bitterness that she projects from herself onto assorted Democratic politicians. For reasons that completely escape me, other people read her nasty, dishonest, catty bile and see it as oh-so-funny and ironic. They can't all still be in junior high, so what gives?

Wow. I must be the poorest Salon reader. Nothing there within spitting distance of my price range. But it does look like the kind of clothing that you can buy because it looks good on you, not because it's what the fashion mags tell you to get.

Yes, it's true!

Before birth control was invented, THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS RAPE!

Men never raped women because they were terrified that they might get the woman pregnant or give her an STD.

Right? Right?

It might be a little difficult to pin this guy on Obama--he's a Reagan appointee.

But then, attention to facts has never been their strong suit.

You mean, like New Orleans?

Wasn't it O'Reilly who actually said on-air that he hoped San Francisco would get a taste of terrorism because they were so liberal and didn't support the Dear Leader's policies?

I've always thought that conservatives appropriated New York's tragedy even as they reviled New York itself. The Republican convention pretty much showed this. They saw themselves as the victims, and New Yorkers as somehow complicit because they were liberal and therefore in cahoots with the terrorists, or at least deserving of the terrorists' wrath (D'Sousa, anyone?)

Large cities from New York to Los Angeles to Pittsburgh do tend to be more likely to be liberal. Is all this talk about terrorists obliterating one of them wishful thinking?

I think I'd categorize this more as "ridicule" than as gloating.

When you're fighting lies and smears, ridicule is one of the best weapons. Reason is useless with unreasonable people. The words "McCain" and "Maverick" should be punchlines from here on out.

How many midwesterners died waiting for help? How many pictures of drowned midwesterners have we seen floating down flooded streets?

Hello? Hello?

Well, it's true that we should hold our noses and vote for Obama because of the Supreme Court appointments he will hold.

I'm just hoping the same people who justify this betrayal won't be in the position of justifying Obama for choosing a "pro-life" candidate for the Supreme Court in 2 or 3 years. Hey, the guy's running for re-election; he has to show that he's not in thrall to the left-wing feminazis, right?

How much assurance do we have that this won't happen?

About 2 years ago, they introduced "mini" dolls--about 8" tall--which were less than 20$.

I was pleased--sorry, but I'm not about to pay 100$ for a doll--and bought 1 for my 8 year old for Christmas, planning to buy several. But they discontinued these dolls after a few months, for reasons that escape me. Or maybe they don't--they realized that nobody with any sense would buy the 100 dolls if there were an alternative.

The books came first. My now-22 year old daughter loved them. When the dolls were introduced, most of us were appalled at the ridiculous price. I remember fights between girls who had happily shared and exchanged their American Girls books. Since the dolls were so expensive, a girl would NEVER let a visiting friend play with one.

And of course, the 100$ dolls are only the beginning. Just like Barbie, each character has clothes, beds, pets, friends, toys . . .

Now, I know moms who spend 100s on the dolls and accessories and parties, but don't buy the books at all, defeating the whole ostensible purpose.

Buy the books, buy the cookbooks (they really are great!)--but at some point, you should tell your kids that some things are just too expensive and they should do without.

Those of you who see this solely as a Halloween costume need to broaden your horizons.

Next time the local elementary school has a "Pioneer Days" parade, I know where to get my daughter's costume!

See what happens when they don't take everybody's sunblock away?

OK, I'll admit I didn't watch it. The whole thing revolted me--a distinguished law professor and senator grovelling in front of some 3rd rate huckster for approval that, as everyone now realizes, was already reserved for the McCain.

I wouldn't be surprised to find out that Obama took a long, hot shower afterwards.

Please, please somebody tell me he learned his lesson about these people.

What did the link to an interview with Roger Stauback in 2001 have to do with this article on high school students and concussions?

Go for criminal assault charges.

She should obviously lose her license, and all the other folks in the office who joked about this should face some consequences as well.