Archive for September, 2008

Lipstick on a Groundhog Day

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Sarah Palin appeared briefly yesterday but disappeared after seeing her own shadow. The good news is, there will be six more weeks of summer!

Shepard Smith’s hair longs for freedom

Monday, September 8th, 2008

I don’t claim to know if Fox News is or isn’t “fair and balanced,” but I do know that Fox is the undisputed cable news leader in control-freak hairstyles. And it bothers me.

I realize that my hair-care concern is trivial — maybe “flip” is a better word — but I wonder if this pathological need to groom the hair has something darker at its roots. Flyaway hair is an untended garden, my friends, but helmet hair is a meticulously trimmed and chemically maintained fairway. It is the beauty of iron-fisted control! But beauty at what price? Shepard Smith’s hair longs for freedom it will never know. Neil Cavuto is the Joseph Stalin of hair fashion, and his legions are armed with cans of Aqua-Net. Hippies beware!