Just like that guy on CSI: Miami!

Yeah, it's all very scientific, like when the Houston crime lab had to be shut down because they were cooking evidence. Or when New York cops are caught lying red-handed during their own testimony.

Or maybe I'm a cynic and I just need another slick forensics montage, (including spatter analysis) in order to turn me into a believer again.

You do what David Caruso tells you to do or he's going to stare at you with his piercing, milky blue eyes!

Why, you ask, am I even bringing this up? Because I think cop shows--including 24, #'s and all their brethren--have become the most successful propaganda for convincing the American public that Big Brother is watching them. So anytime a charge is made, the accused MUST be guilty, otherwise why would the charges have been made in the first place?

"What I don't get is why someone would sue to get a job working in a place where they aren't wanted."

I don't know. Maybe for the same reason that blacks wanted to sit at the front of the bus, eat at a lunch counter, go to public schools and live wherever they want?

This is not rocket science. This is a personal choice. Transgender discrimination is one of the last big hurdles against equality. It's nobody's business what's going on in your pants! Really, to me, this just reflects the divisiveness of gender. But it's not insurmountable. Talk to any transgendered person and you will find that they are just like everyone else, and due the respect and dignity that everyone else maintains. Please don't coat your phobia in some absurd line of logic such as, "Changing genders might get in the way of your job," or "They're just like people who want to be unicorns!"

Dignity and respect: If Schroer was qualified for the job before transition, then she should be qualified afterwards. End of story.

And, by the way, the law is not a monolithic, unchanging entity, Federal or otherwise. Situations like this are perfect for challenging and upending legal tradition. At the very least, the government might be willing to settle out of court in order to make this go away.

Transgender advocates are winning these kinds of battles piecemeal, and this won't be the last you've seen of this issue. I highly recommend confronting your own fears and prejudices. Chances are, you might know someone who is transgendered and closeted.

Well I have watched Project Runway, Californication and Heroes. And I can say that I agree with all three assessments, particularly about Project Runway. This season seems like a mindless repetition of the past. Perhaps they've done everything they can do? Who knew there were so many self-deluded fashion designers in America just yearning to sell us bad, impractical fashion?

I would even go so far as to say Christian Siriano was PR's shark-jumping moment. Granted, he was the inevitable winner of season 4, but that's not really saying much. Rami's collection was pleasant, but not particularly innovative, while Jillian's collection was just plain awful. Siriano' collection was innovative and a thrilling runway event, but it was also completely impractical as actual, you know, clothing. Time and again PR finds the same idiosyncrasies alive and well in its competitors: Deep narcissism combined with a hatred for the normal female form, which always manifests itself plainly when a challenge requires a non-model to walk down the runway.

As for Californication, give me more Evan Handler and Pamela Adlon!

Please take the photoshopped Palin image down from the front page.

Let me explain it to you this way. How would you feel if Hillary Clinton was depicted as wearing bondage leather and holding a riding crop? Would you have wagged your finger at it? If so, then the same standards apply for Palin.

Personally, I don't give a whit what Spy Magazine publishes. I don't read that magazine. I read this magazine. And when you consider the righteous indignity that Joan Walsh displayed on behalf of Hillary Clinton, I expect something different. But we'll see what happens. Chances are we'll all be sorely disappointed yet again.

The meadow. With dandelions twixt your toes, a swimming hole and Cutter John's wheelchair. Think of it as a sort of Valhalla for the sentimental and jaded Reagan years. Thanks for sharing with us, Breathed. There is a void between one person and the next, and you have bridged that void gracefully.

Last week I wrote in to Salon asking them to take the dominatrix image off the home page. I felt it was demeaning and hypocritical coming from a publication that so righteously defended HRC against attacks of sexism.

This week I am writing to ask you to take her face off the home page because she is making me want to punch my monitor. That face!!! What a nightmare we'll all be living in if the McCain/Palin ticket is elected.

She's like the second coming of George W. Bush: Intentionally, gloriously ignorant. Haven't we had enough examples of how willful stupidity has hurt this country?

Just yesterday I was listening to an interview of Bob Woodward, who was describing Bush's involvement on both the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. When Bush was asked about specifics about strategy, he couldn't answer. The man lacks interest in details. Considering how poorly this presidency has performed on every level, you'd think he'd be interested in the wars he himself instigated, but that is not the case.

This country doesn't need anymore empty heads filling the oval office.