2008 Woodie Awards
Food. For decades, this subject has proved to be an uphill battle between women and the media, and has recently reached a disturbing, all-time high. From newspapers to television to radio to the Internet, the press sets impossible standards for women to achieve, calling the super thin too skinny and the healthy overweight.
In light of the heightened national conversation over education reform in America, brought to light recently during the presidential debates and the increasing popularity of Teach For America, there is one conclusion which needs to be emphasized: Teachers unions are anti-child.
Raise your hand if you drove either to or from the Boston area for Thanksgiving weekend (or both). Now slowly lower your hand and try not to feel too silly about the fact that you raised your hand because some newspaper columnist told you to.
While we all had happy Thanksgivings at home this past weekend, the city of Mumbai suffered an attack by approximately 60 Islamic terrorists. They killed 195 people, of whom 18 were foreigners. If I sound like I take personal offense to all this, it's because six of those foreigners were Jews and a Chabad House was explicitly targeted.