Are Women Necessary? Not With Ava Around

The Mayans Were Right, As It Turns Out, When They Predicted The World Would End In 2012. It Was Just A Select World: The G.o.p. Universe Of Arrogant, Uptight, Entitled, Bossy, Retrogressive White Guys. [...] Instead Of Smallpox, Plagues, Drought And Conquistadors, The Republican Decline Will Be Traced To A Stubborn Refusal To Adapt To A World Where Poor People And Sick People And Black People And Brown People And Female People And Gay People Count.

When I Need To Work Up My Nerve To Write A Tough Column, I Try To Think Of Myself As Emma Peel In A Black Leather Catsuit.

A Friendship Between Reporter And Source Lasts Only Until It Is Profitable For One To Betray The Other.

And As Far As Doing God's Work, I Think The Bankers Who Took Government Money And Then Gave Out Obscene Bonuses Are The Same Self-interested Sorts Jesus Threw Out Of The Temple.

Since Hillary Clinton Is The First Time We've Had A Woman Who Was A Serious Contender For President, It's Been An Adjustment To Watch Her More Changeable Looks, And To See The Lengths She Goes To Get The Right Lighting And To Make The Right Wardrobe Choices. Her Campaign Is Devising Strategies To Humanize Her And Make Her Seem More Warm And Maternal.