A Wierd Collection of Stories About Women

in today's Washington Post.


Temporary 'Enjoyment Marriages' in Vogue Again With Some Iraqis:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/19/AR2007011901850.html

(I really thought I had heard it all...apparently not.)


Ugandan Rebel Leader Alice Lakwena; Led 1980s Insurgency
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/19/AR2007011901616.html

(Talk about your warrier priestesses...)


Julie W. Bertrand, 115; World's Oldest Woman
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/19/AR2007011901712.html

("The cause of death was not reported." Gee, she was 115. I wonder what it was?)


Men Have Used Religion to Exert Control Over Women
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/19/AR2007011901385.html

(Well, DUH. )


And last, but not least, and not unexpected, in the more recent online edition:

Sen. Clinton Launches 2008 Campaign
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/20/AR2007012000426.html

(To the Post's credit, they didn't call her "Hillary," but "Sen. Clinton." I have to say I was surprised. Now, if she would tap Obama for V.P., she may have a snowball's chance...!)