I’m depressed.  Infidelity rumors are swirling about Jesse James, Sandra Bullock’s husband.  Yeah, yeah, it’s not about me.  I know. Like most things in my life, I was late to the party celebrating America’s favorite girl next door.  By the time I caught up at Miss Congeniality, I fell hard and fast like everyone else.  [...]

Barbie turns 51 today, March 9.  She has never married.  Think about that for a minute. The ideal, American pin-up girl is a spinster. I’m not saying her marriageable days are behind her. But at 51, she has piloted through the bulk of family and peer pressure, grown accustomed to checking the single box on [...]