Topic: Barack Obama

Seven Reasons Why Anna Wintour Should Be A US Ambassador

Seven Reasons Why Anna Wintour Should Be A US Ambassador
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As you may know, there’s been some talk floating around that Anna Wintour may be up for a US ambassadorship, either to France or to her native UK. Many people think she’s under qualified for the job because running a fashion magazine is a stupid girl job, while Anna herself has said via her reps that she’s “very happy” at Vogue. Which is a shame, because I think it would be a great move for both Anna herself and America in general. Here are seven reasons Anna Wintour should be a US ambassador. More »

Glenn Beck Is Selling A Jar Of His Own Pee For Thousands Of Dollars

Glenn Beck Is Selling A Jar Of His Own Pee For Thousands Of Dollars

Glenn Beck, the loveable scamp, hasn’t been around much lately–ever since Fox dropped his special brand of ham-fisted tear-soaked hatemongering, he retired to a state-of-the-art bomb shelter deep in a Colorado mountain so he could swim in his manmade lake of precious gold doubloons. He emerged from that lake recently, however, in protest of a community college art exhibit. More »

What Is The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, And What Are Its Strengths And Weaknesses?

What Is The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, And What Are Its Strengths And Weaknesses?

So I’m not voting for Barack Obama. I’ll tell you more about that decision in a few days, after the election hysteria has died down and people are less likely to scream at me. That said, it’s not like he hasn’t done a single thing I agree with during his tenure as president. Hence, in the interest of being nice to my Democrat friends (with whom I share many ideals) on a day that’s important to them, I’m going to talk about one of them, and that’s the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. (Warning: I am also going to critique its shortcomings.) More »

What Are You Wearing To Vote?

What Are You Wearing To Vote?

I want you to know I spent the morning obsessing over this.
I normally wear dresses – because I’m not a farmer – but I thought, if I show up in some sort of shift dress and pearls like I wear every day, people are going to think I am voting for Mitt Romney. I live in New York. It’s possible that they would just turn on me, like in The Bacchae. More importantly, I was not going to stand there in line for an hour or however long it takes with people thinking I was voting Romney. I just wouldn’t. I wouldn’t even if I was voting for Romney. More »

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