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Wednesday, April 12, 2006 12:00 AM

The happy hypocrite

I never cared that Caitlin Flanagan calls herself an at-home mother, even though she's a magazine writer with a staff of helpers. But now she's using her battle with cancer to denounce feminism and extol her traditional virtues -- and I've had it.

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  • Wednesday, April 12, 2006 04:37 PM

    public schools aren't a mess

    some are bad, some great, many need work but certainly should not be abandoned.

    I know plenty of really smart kids who are challenged in public schools. I know national merit scholars, I know kids taking advanced math and science, ap, college courses .....

    Many areas now have charter schools, which have many features that distinguish them from traditional public schools. But charter schools still have to accept all kinds of kids, and that's what Cartman is upset about. He doesn't like those unruly children!! He's a grown man with kids of his own and he still hates the kids he went to school with. Sad.

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