The fact that he may have thought he was being more laudatory by limiting her to the role of great woman economist doesn't change the fact that this is a deeply problematic way to describe someone. No one would say a man was the greatest male economist of the 20th century, because of course we assume only men can be…

I've been thinking about sending a letter all day. I think I will.

Yes, a favorite of mine!

The snotty comments from folks in response to this post (and damn skippy, by-the-bye) only underscore the fundamental truth that we suffer from a serious empathy and compassion deficit in this country.

Here's what drove me right up a wall in the Times obituary: "Though 'not a deep theorist,' he said, Mrs. Schwartz was 'probably the best woman economist of the 20th century.'" I am tired to the bone of "best woman [fill-in-the-blank]" references. How about "She was a brilliant economist"? How 'bout that? This just…

I have never once found Adam Carolla funny.

The age of the women who watch may have something to do with the cost of HBO — younger women may not be buying cable premium channels as much as older women or as men.

It was pretty obviously sarcasm to me.

I nearly had a heart attack with the piece about Chris ROCK spending time with his new girlfriend. I feared one of the great husbands was no longer a husband. Imagine my relief when I clicked at saw that this was just another item about Chris BROWN, about whom I would like to read a lot less.

Yeah, I kinda knew this. I rented a house on the beach in Costa Rica and we noticed another house on the compound had been on HH International. The owner told my friend that the show approached him and asked if they could have a guy pretend to look at the house even though it wasn't on the market and he'd already…

As are their husbands....

OMG, this is absolutely perfect. Made my day.

Part of the issue here is that a lot of legal work does have to do with how you present yourself — and success can ride on the impressions you convey. I am a litigator and think a lot about how I dress for court or client meetings. I also think and have thought a lot about the persona I am adopting in front of…

I wasn't shocked. Just bored.

Read the title of the post. It is an ad hominem attack that amounts to this: people who care about women grunting are sexists. The attack is ALWAYS in response to something — like if I called you an idiot for taking the position that calling someone a sexist is not ad hominem. The only way this doesn't become an ad…

Well, aren't we being insulting and unpleasant today? I guess someone doesn't get the basic point here, which is that trying to get a person to agree with you should not involve calling them names (or, as you do, suggesting that they are stupid). You might want to re-read the title of the piece, which is calling the…

You know, it's been my experience that when trying to get people to agree to one's point of view, it is not helpful to use insulting, ad hominem language like "sexists." That is especially true in this instance, where a lot of women who consider themselves feminists object to the shrieking that has been on the rise…

That's not a mode of behavior. Modes of behavior are things like abuse of racquet or use of profanity. Some baseball parks didn't have lighting for night games when others did, but that didn't change the rules about conduct on the field.

It bothers a lot of people, both men and women. The fact that you aren't bothered by it doesn't make the views of others "bullshit."

The modes of behavior in tennis are fairly consistent across countries. And as a very longtime tennis watcher, I will say that some of the women are making increasingly distractingly loud noises that neither men nor women made in the 70s, 80s and 90s.