BY SUSAN ESTRICH Jane Fonda had her eyes done. Granny – an 83-year-old property manager from Santa Ana, CA – is making national news for her “boob job.” And not to leave out the men reading this, it has been reported that tough guy Lakers star Kobe Bryant was seen recently having a mani-pedi – […]

BY JOE CONASON With world markets suddenly sagging under the weight of the Standard & Poor’s Aug. 5 downgrade of Treasury bonds, Sen. Al Franken, D-MN, is disturbed by the monopolistic power of the ratings agencies – and still determined to curb their abuses, as he tried to do last year with an amendment to […]

BY FROMA HARROP Majorities in liberal states often back policies that most folks in conservative states abhor – and vice versa. The difficulty of reaching accord among warring but heartfelt views partly explains Washington’s paralysis. But note this: New York recently legalized gay marriage without having to consult with Tennessee, Nebraska and Idaho. Alabama limited […]

BY JIM HIGHTOWER As Lily Tomlin noted, “No matter how cynical you get, it’s almost impossible to keep up.” Many of us view the deficit ceiling brouhaha between the Obama White House and the laissez-fairy extremists in the Republican House as some combination of farce and fiasco. So much political playacting around a made-up deficit […]

BY SUSAN ESTRICH The store window said 70 percent off. My son was getting a haircut across the street. I always enjoy chatting with the young woman from Boston who works there. Why not? The woman from Boston was gone. Her replacement, older, a touch of an accent, was just as friendly. She had no […]