Saturday morning roundup--Part II

The Post's op-ed page calls out Turkish PM, although I think the Turkish Pres's demagoguery is at least as pathetic. On that note, oh, Helen Thomas.

I've said this before on these pages: Robin Givhan is a style writer. She covers fashion and style, including the social aspects and implications of what people wear. She's a style writer for the Washington Post, meaning she covers the styles, and implications of those styles, of Washington's powerful. In response to the haters, first of all, stop writing to the Post complaining that such things get coverage at all: they get Style section coverage, not front page coverage, and it is the Post's role to print such coverage. I will also say this: you are entitled to your opinions (so, shush, letter writer who says those people should stop reading the columns and stop writing letters--people have a right to voice their displeasure with what's in a newspaper). You have a right to think that style choices should not be scrutinized, or that women's style choices shouldn't be scrutinized disproportionately. But as Ms. Givhan said in the column in question on Ms. Kagan's wardrobe, what women wear matters, and it will be scrutinized. And as a style writer, it's her job to cover it.

Speaking of the Post's Style section, this week's Invitational will make you cringe.

On a related topic--funny but sometimes cringe-inducing--Second City was HILARIOUS. They do their now-famous predecessors proud.