Yesterday evening I read the online BBC news (as usual) and spotted an article about Valerie Plame. (I had listened to the report about her on NPR while I was moving at 3 MPH on the way home from work.) As I read it I started gritting my teeth. The "reporter" spent several sentences describing exactly what Ms. Plame was wearing, and then talked about her hair and the fact that it was not her natural color.

Okay, at this point those of you with any feminist awareness are gritting your teeth.

I found the link to "contact us" for BBC News, and wrote a brief note. I wondered why we had not been treated to a discussion of just what the men wore, and speculation as to whether they might have been wearing toupees.

This morning's BBC News had the Plame article--but it had been rewritten in a MUCH more professional manner.

Coincidence?

BTW, St. Patrick was a herpephobic.