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Published: 12/16/10

John Boehner Cries and Atlas Shrugs

By  Donna Trussell - Politics Daily
John Boehner Cries and Atlas Shrugs

My mother once complained about a TV show that featured too much "full frontal crying." Crying is not pretty. Even the most attractive folks don't look good with their faces scrunched up, and a swollen red nose, and tiny slits where eyes used to be. Ugh. I've watched the footage: John Boehner Gets Weepy, Frequently. What's the big deal? I don't care a thing for the Iron John defense of male crying. I just think some people live in a cornball universe. Take James Stewart. Politically he was so conservative that he and his former roommate Henry Fonda had to stop talking politics in order to ...

Published: 07/10/10

Jon Stewart and 'The Daily Show': They're Just Not That Into Lame Female Comics

By  Donna Trussell - Politics Daily
Jon Stewart and 'The Daily Show': They're Just Not That Into Lame Female Comics

Meritocracies are brutal. You should know, since you yourself practiced a kind of meritocracy. As a child, you were bigger than the bug. Splat! Too bad for you, bug. How dare you exist. In the adult world, however, distinguishing between a true meritocracy and a prejudicial pattern of hiring is not so clear cut. In the last couple of weeks the Internet has been rippling with controversy over "The Daily Show's" lack of women -- "The Daily Show's Woman Problem," by Irin Carmon on jezebel.com, "Outrage World: How Feminist Blogs Like Jezebel Gin Up Page Views by Exploiting Women's Worst ...

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