The National Enquirer would be ashamed…
…to publish this story. But not Politico. [ADDENDUM: Actually, it seems the story first appeared in the Washington Examiner, a fairly conservative rag.]
Continue reading →Category Archives: Men and women; marriage and divorce and sex
And then there’s Justin Bieber…
…who’s fortunate enough (or unfortunate enough, depending on the results) to have a possibly-exonerating DNA test to fall back on. In the case of a false accusation of fathering a baby, it’s a simple way to prove the truth or … Continue reading →
In a completely predictable development in the Cain case…
…Gloria Allred digs up another Cain accuser, Sharon Bialek, who ups the ante and accuses him of genital groping in a car in July of 1997. In another enormous surprise, the accuser failed to report the offense to the NRA … Continue reading →
One of Cain’s accusers won’t talk
Hmmm, very interesting. What does it mean? It could certainly mean, as Ace suspects, that it was a bogus accusation in the first place. Or it could mean that the accuser knows her name would be dragged through the mud, … Continue reading →
Short rumination on sexual harassment laws
The most interesting thing about Herman Cain’s predicament may be the spotlight it throws on the state of sexual harassment laws: awful. Sexual harassment is one of those causes of action, initially designed to tackle a real problem, that fast … Continue reading →
The Cain chronicles
I am heartily sick of the story and it’s hardly begun. Just take a look at the amount of coverage on memeorandum today, for example, and you’ll see what I mean. All those articles for something that shouldn’t have seen … Continue reading →
Herman Cain and the sexual harrassment allegations
So, Politico has dug up some dirt on Herman Cain. And it’s dirt of a sort so common in our modern PC world: allegations of sexual misconduct of an unspecified nature that ended with a payout (from the National Restaurant … Continue reading →
Steve Jobs refused to meet his biological father…
…Syrian-born Abdulfattah “John” Jandali, because his father had bragged that he’d met Jobs in his restaurant, and that Jobs was a good tipper. This things were apparently not untrue, mind you: the two men apparently had met briefly in the … Continue reading →
Where did Michelle Bachmann and her husband fall in love?
(1) At a religious retreat. (2) In law school. (3) Working on a kibbutz. (4) Campaigning for Jimmy Carter. And the answer is…found at slide 4. A few more fun facts about spouses and ex-spouses of this year’s GOP presidential … Continue reading →
I suppose…
…this reality show was inevitable. See this for an earlier discussion of related issues (boy, is that a pun!—and a double pun at that). [Hat tip: Althouse.]
Continue reading →Twins under the skin
James and Daniel Kelly are fraternal twins, two handsome young men who live in England. Unlike identical twins, fraternal twins are genetically no more similar than any two siblings of the same parents; they just happen to be the result … Continue reading →
Getting the milk for free
Sex comes cheap these days. Literally. I don’t know about you, but I feel sad when I read things like this. And it’s not a women vs. men thing for me; I think both sexes are losing a lot in … Continue reading →