With his best friend's wife, I broadcast it to our immediate friends and, because the woman he cheated on me with and I were both involved in a particular sport and therefore were locally known in that group, to all of that group as well. Why? yeah, I wanted revenge, but also, they'd peed in my pool. I didn't want to affirm my victimhood at all--I wanted to put a scarlet "A" (for asshole) on both of them, not to have them shunned, but to prevent whispering behind MY back. I figured if I was open about the whole thing, and got the story out first, the whispering would be behind THEIR backs, and I would have control of the story.

And it worked just fine (didn't hurt that this bunch is a gossipy lot), and was in fact very satisfying.

And I agree with most of the posters here. She should have gone to the police. She should have done it IMMEDIATELY. There should have been an emergency room visit, a rape kit, etc. Her excuses for not doing this are just not plausible (would it not be illegal for her to be fired simply for making the accusation?)

If Fox won't air the episode, Adult Swim will. If you watch carefully, you'll see that some episodes are edited when Fox shows them, but Adult Swim shows them unedited. When Clark-Flory mentioned the episode that Fox wouldn't air that was shown "in syndication", the episode she was referring to was shown on Adult Swim. Fox has since aired it.

A figure in black history? I don't think so... erm... pere or fils?

The problem is that if she's intersex, she may be operating with advantages that women who are not intersex don't have. Her accomplishments may be amazing for a woman--how does her time compare to a man's time? (I just looked--this year's Men's US Champion ran it in 1:45.86, with no mention of that being a world record time--Caster Semenya ran it in 1:55.45, 2 seconds faster than any of the other women she was competing against, but nearly 10 seconds slower than the current Men's U.S. Champion).

If you are going to divide these things by men/women, you have to be able to decide who is male and who is female, and that will always be somewhat arbitrary, given the complicated genetics involved. The way to make it *really* fair is to have everyone compete with each other without sex being a consideration.

And seems meant to be taken as such. That dress Suri has on is adorable, though--and I have no interest in Holmes, Cruse, or celebrity spawn.

It doesn't actually pay to cast the schlubby, funny John Hodgman as PC. He's likeable in a way that Mac guy is not.

OTOH, I don't own a Mac (Win XP laptop, Ubuntu netbook) so I suppose I'm not their target audience.

I don't understand all the love for this column, because it's a ridiculous argument. No matter how you slice it, it's significantly cheaper to provide health care for a dog than it is for a person. MOST dogs do not get seriously ill, even at end of life, and when they do, it is your choice to either try to prolong their lives or euthanize--and no one blames you if that choice is at least partially financial.

I spend less money for food and health care for four dogs/year than I do for my own health care alone--and I have a pretty good work-provided plan. I couldn't provide health insurance for even a single, healthy individual person for what I spend on my dogs.

I would be happy to pay more taxes for guaranteed health care for everyone--after all, it would benefit me as well. But what I choose to spend on my dogs is my business--I am not asking other people to subsidize it either directly or indirectly.

Genuinely high-quality pet food isn't advertised on TV. Pet food that's actually made from human-grade ingredients could certainly be eaten by people (although I suspect most people wouldn't find it palatable) but a pet eating "gourmet" pet food advertised on TV isn't eating "better" than most people in the world.

And what do you advise that we do about it?

You know, I re-read the column to figure out what was funny about it--just wondering if I was missing something--and nope nope nope--not funny--just Keillor's stale "the world was better then" and backhanded sneers at pet owners for providing health care for their pets instead of for 3/4 of the rest of the world.

Barbara Stanwyck and Gary Cooper

Also, "The Lady Eve" with Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda

ALSO "Miracle at Morgan's Creek" although that movie is just weird.

That last comment is more or less true. If she has no ovaries and no uterus, and does have testicles (albeit inside her body), and she has no apparent secondary sex characteristics, she was born male.

If she feels that she is a woman, then she's a woman--but for the purposes of competitive sport, she was born male, and some decision will have to be made about that.