Speaking of Reality Checks...

"'Gender,' writes Gloria Steinem on the op-ed page of the Jan. 8 New York Times, 'is probably the most restricting force in American life.' That is incorrect. Poverty is the most restricting force in American life. It's become somewhat unfashionable to point this out, but I don't see how it could be otherwise." Slate's Tim Noah responds to Gloria Steinem, concluding that "Steinem was willing to torture logic on the Clintons' behalf a decade ago; she's willing to do the same today." (Off-topic and apropos of nothing, did y'all know that Steinem is Christian Bale's stepmother? Like the Figwit-Conchord connection, I learned this just recently. The world is a pretty small place sometimes.)