Heather Michon
- Location
- Virginia,
- Birthday
- June 25
- Bio
- An essayist, a historian, a feminist, a wife and a daughter....all with varying degrees of success.
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “That is horrifying. I
wish I had something more
substantive
to say, but nope,
hav…”
November 19, 2009 02:21PM - “***Update
II***
After speaking
at UVA's Miller Center, Mr.
Dreyfuss did
a
similar…”
November 19, 2009 11:17AM - “Amen!
For
anyone who wants to relive the
Remington Steele era,
hulu.com
has 60
fu…”
November 19, 2009 06:37AM - “Go
to
http://millercente
r.org/scripps/archive/forum/de
tail/5550
for audio
and vide…”
November 18, 2009 12:18PM - “@semiautodictat - I just
updated the post to include
your
link.
@Tom -
thank you!”
November 18, 2009 08:19AM
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- The Best of 2009
- The Real Food Stamp Challenge: Compassion
- Time To Ground Air Force One?
- Crazy Eights: The Bailout of Nadya Suleman
- We Are All Travis the Chimp
- "Naked As the Day Dr. Frakenstein Made Her"
- Sonia Sotomayor & Menstrual Madness
- Cindy Sheehan Isn't Important Anymore
- Why Do Feminists Hate Babies?
- 100 Days In Tehran
- The Hijab Martyr
It is so hard not to be a cynic.
How could it be otherwise? We live in the Age of the Phony.
What once used to be confined mostly to the entertainment industry
has infested our national consciousness -- including, most
dangerously, our political discourse.
Campaigns are little more sophisticated marketi… Read full post »
The Hijab Martyr
In August 2008, a
32-year old Egyptian-born pharmacist named Marwa
al-Sherbini took her son,
Mustafa, to a children's playground near their home in
the northern German city of Dresden.She asked a man to please move from a swing so her little boy could play.
Alex Wiens, an ethnic German who immi… Read full post »
As Democrats in the House of Representatives exchanged high-fives and flicked each others' butts with metaphorical wet towels after passing the health insurance reform bill this weekend on a narrow 220-215 vote, millions of pro-choice women learned that this "victory" came at the cost of their rights… Read full post »

**Breaking: Iran announced today that the three Americans will be charged with espionage. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, speaking from Berlin, said: "We believe strongly that there is no evidence to support any charge whatsoever. We would renew our request on behalf of thes… Read full post »
The cover story in this weekend's New York Times Magazine was
sedately entitled "The
Obamas' Marriage," but might as well have been called "Oh
My God I'm Hanging Out In the Oval Office With Barack n'
Michelle!"
Jodi Kantor is hardly the first reporter to switch off her
reasoning module in… Read full post »
The New York Times ArtBeat blog reports today
on the controversy over the selection of 13-year old Abigail
Breslin to play Helen Keller in a Broadway revival of "The
Miracle Worker" set to open this winter. "Ms. Breslin," blogger
Patrick Healy helpfully notes, "can see and hear."
This does n… Read full post »
The Little Buddy Child Tracker:
Keep tabs on your child at all times with this small but sophisticated device that combines GPS and cellular technology to provide you with real-time location upda… Read full post »
After reading Dr. Amy's post "Is
breastfeeding a moral imperative?" yesterday, I began to
compose a comment. But, like trying to fit a breast into a bra a
size too small, my comment began to spill out over the confines of
comment-hood, and developed into a post of it's own.
Dr… Read full post »

After a lot of re-reading and soul-searching, I can honestly
say:… Read full post »

Like many people are this morning, I was shocked by the
announcement out of Oslo that President Barack Obama has been
awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.
Inaugurated just two weeks before the February 1st deadline, many
Nobel watchers were surprised at his nomination and believed it was
the longest o… Read full post »
So, pretend you are a woman living in Oklahoma, and you find
yourself pregnant. After weighing your options and struggling with
the moral and spiritual reprecussions, you decide that the best
choice, the best decision, is to terminate the pregnancy. Then
what?
First you have to find a provider. Good l… Read full post »
Whether it's a politician trying to put one over on the public or an academic that uses the gravitas of their degree to support some half-baked theory, I take offense at being thought of as so stupid that I turn off my critical-thinking module in the face my educational or social… Read full post »
STEVE KROFT: So, your goal to bring civility back to
Washington is still a work in progress?
PRESIDENT OBAMA: It's still a work in progress. No doubt about
it.
Yeah. Good luck with that one, Mr. President.
There's been a lot of a talk, and even… Read full post »
In 2007, I wrote a set of entries for a book entitled "One Day In History: September 11, 2001." This is the entry for New York City on 9/11.
September 10, 2001 had been rainy and gray, but New Yorkers woke on the morning on September 11 to find bright… Read full post »
Timidity Passing For Wisdom: Health Care Reform At Low Tide
I tend to tune out most of the "end of America" doomsaying. Rumors of our impending demise generally seem to be exaggerated. We've been around for a long time and we've survived many trials. Because nothing lasts forever, I'm sure someday the entity once known as "The United States of America"… Read full post »
Not having kids sometimes has it's advantages. For one thing,
when silly kerfuffles like Obama's speech to America's student body
come along, I can just sit back with a bemused smile and, like a
naughty schoolchild, hurl spitballs at both sides.
I actually have less to say about Right in this case,… Read full post »
Profiting Off Pyongyang: Laura Ling, Euna Lee & Modern Media
Journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee have finally broken
their silence on the circumstances surrounding their arrest by
North Korean guards along the Chinese border back on March 17,
in an editorial posted in the L.A. Times.
As many had suspected, Ling, Lee and cameraman/producer
Mitchell Koss… Read full post »
I don't often find myself agreeing with George Will, but there
is much truth in his Washington Post editorial, "Time
To Get Out Of Afghanistan."
The whole thing is worth a read, but to summarize: we have
absolutely nothing going for us in Afghanistan. Nothing. Nada.
Despite years of effort and… Read full post »
Feminists don't really hate babies, as a rule. I though a
provocative headline might just grab your attention.
It seemed to work for the women's online mag Double X. Katie Roiphe's essay
"My
Newborn Is Like A Narcotic. Why Won't Feminists Admit the Pleasure
of Infants?" seems to be getting… Read full post »
Pointing out that "body bags aren't taking a vaction,"
anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan announced that she
would be traveling to Martha's Vineyard to protest during the
President's week-long getaway there next week.
The response from most of the media? Cue the crickets.
Well, with a couple of… Read full post »
Looking For Salvation At the Dairy Queen (Book Review)
Where is home?
It's a surprisingly complex question. Sure, some people seem to
know instinctively that they belong to a particular spot on the map
and are happy there for the whole of there lives. But there are
those of us who look at the geography of our youth and work… Read full post »
Is Sarah Palin Really "Abandoning" Alaska?
Not to waste too much of a holiday on Sarah Palin -- I'll wait
for Monday for that -- but one thing confuses me: the idea that by
resigning, Governor Palin is leaving her state in the lurch.
"I am deeply disappointed that the governor has decided to abandon
the… Read full post »

The White House faced a more complex public-relations problem
last week than either Iran or the global warming bill in the House:
how to recognize the death of Michael Jackson.
Normally, this would be a no-brainer. Jackson was one of the most
popular, profitable entertainers in history… Read full post »
Against the opulent background of the Chateau at
Versailles, French President Nicolas Sarkozy used a rare speech
before a joint session of Parliament to call for a ban on the
Muslim burqa.
"The burqa is not a sign of religion," he said in the midst
of a state-of-the-union-style address.… Read full post »
Heather Michon's Favorites
Updates
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Life in Hollywood: Necessary Monsters
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A Look at Werewolves from WOLF MAN to NEW MOON
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Ten Top Unforgettable Moments from Dancing With the Stars
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The Sexiest Man Alive Ain't Depp
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Torture In Iran, Sound Familiar?
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Hey Paul Krugman, where the hell are you, man?
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Friday Palin: Book, Schmook (Updated)
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gratitude might help your sorry asses
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