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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 03:28 PM

    Cartman=Genius?

    When I first read Cartman's post, I was disgusted. But then the more I read the more it made sense. In fact I am completely on his side. There is no doubt in my mind that we should round up all the narrow-minded, prejudiced people on an island and let them "educate" themselves. Not only will this cut down on the bigotry that goes on here in my beloved free America, but it will allow people who flatter themselves by believing they belong in honors classes (even though they've never grasped the fundamentals of critical thinking, and don't know that home schooling is two words and not one) to be in good company....that is, until they start turning on each other.

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