Recommended Reading…
- Wondering what to put on that CD you’re burning for President Bush? Well, here’s what’s on his iPod. The presence of Creedence Clearwater Revival on the list must be especially ironic to the author of “Fortunate Son,” “Who’ll Stop the Rain” and “Deja Vu.”
- Here’s the latest on the Trekkie entrepeneurs who are attempting to privately fund a fifth season of Enterprise. This remains beyond my comprehension.
- Interview with the author of a new book about our “…culture based on male domination and a culture in which most things feminine tend to be devalued, even if they are secretly envied. In such a culture, the most important thing about being a man is not being a woman. This powerful adult male imperative to be unlike females and to repudiate anything that smacks of maternal care taking is played out just as powerfully in politics as it is in personal life. In fact, political contests among men are in many ways the ultimate battles for masculine supremacy. This makes disavowing the feminine in oneself and projecting it onto one’s opponent to be especially important.”
