Archive for category Culture

J-Lo, Modern Woman

J-Lo (Jennifer Lopez to us midwesterners) has just revealed that she and Ben Affleck are engaged. I don’t usually comment on the doings of celebrities, but I have to make an exception in this case. J-Lo is a thoroughly modern woman, so modern in fact that she and Ben are engaged even while J-Lo is still married to Cris. I guess she prefers weddings to marriages, or perhaps marriages to husbands.

Well Meaning Coercion

John Leo has a good piece about well meaning coercion. Both ends of the political spectrum do it; each end feels justified when they do it, but put upon when done by the other side.