Saturday morning roundup

Women who ask for a raise are perceived as "significantly less attractive."

The point is, Ms. Palin and Ms. Palin, you chose to continue your pregnancies. All we're saying is, don't take that choice away from the rest of us.

Charles Blow encourages politics watchers to take the long view. Fair enough, but do we really need more of what's happening in Virginia? Even Gail Collins, who starts out with 'fair enough, let those wacky Southerners do their own thing, points out that we're all interconnected (or, in her words, sooner or later everyone has to fly through the Atlanta airport). On a lighter political note, see this Sheneman cartoon.

Allen didn't know it at the time, but he may have the answer to Hello Kitty's woes: cleavers and condom dispensers. Only in Japan--and it makes so much sense for Japan--would you have Anpanman, a character based on a jam-filled pastry.

Meanwhile, China is seeing, encouraging a sort of Confucionist revival.

I'm constantly amazed at people's wishful and simplistic nutritional thinking.

Is your furball normal?

The Liar was awesome. A joy to watch. Go see it.