Getting branded a fool

If you are a man who has ever dated a woman, you have most likely, at one time or another, been plagued by the fear that the woman you’re with might be a psycho. (In all fairness, men are typically much more likely to be psychos; we just don’t hide it as well as women. And, truth be told, women are usually only psychotic in the first place because men drive them to it.)

This phobia, while often irrational and unfounded, is perfectly understandable, having been ingrained in the male consciousness through myth and lore for centuries. Read More »

Sex and the gridiron

There was big news out of Boulder Wednesday night, as the president of Colorado University and the chancellor of the university system got together to announce that CU football coach Gary Barnett has been placed on “administrative leave,” pending the results of an investigation into the football team’s sexual transgressions.

What does “administrative leave” mean? We’ll answer that in due time. But for now, back to the sex.

In the past few weeks, two young women have come forward with claims that they were raped by as many as four men at a party thrown by the team in order to impress visiting recruits, Read More »

Thank you, law-talkers

Don’t you just love the whole Kobe Bryant scandal to death? I know I do. That’s why I’m so excited. Thanks to our country’s drawn-out legal process, Kobe-gate could go on for years.

The U.S. Constitution entitles everyone to a fair and speedy trial, but for good reasons, there is considerably more emphasis on fair than on speedy. Well, not so much good reasons as profitable ones.

Lawyers, for obvious reasons, benefit from lengthy court proceedings more than anyone else. Read More »