Do you still beat your wife?, or, Yes, these are our allies

Fun time Saudi Cleric Muhammad Al-’Arifi on a Ramadhan show (shown on LBC network) explains to young men the steps toward beating their wives:
1. Admonish them
2. Move out of the bedroom
3…and I’m quoting here:
If neither method works with her, what is the third option?Guest: “‘And beat them.’”
Al-’Arifi: “That’s right. How is this beating performed? [...]

The post in which I implore the major league baseball owners to look Scott Boras in the eye and to channel Nancy Reagan..

Please, please, please,,,just say NO.
This is about the madness surrounding Alex Rodriguez who is now peddling his considerable baseball wares to every major league team (well, every major league team if you count the Dodgers, the Angels, the Cubs, the Red Sox and the Yankees as every major league team*).  He’s a damn talented player [...]

When will the writers’ strike start to effect blogs?, or, Harpo’s blues…

Seriously, I was reading this MSNBC piece on the writers’ strike and how certain celebrities were joining the picket line, and then I saw this nugget of information:
“The Oprah Winfrey Show” doesn’t employ union writers and will continue uninterrupted.
mmmmm, interesting….

Imus in the mor-ning (why can’t Sharpton go away?)

So-called shock-jock, Don Imus is coming back. WABC has hired the aging cowboy for morning drive-time. Most of you know Imus by the stupid comment on his show about the Rutgers basketball womens’ team. It was reprehensible*, and thanks to Al Sharpton and other lynch-mobbers, Imus lost his job. He should [...]