Perspective? and the Cueball Look

Ben Stein made the reasonable point on TV this morning that there are a lot of things happening in the world that deserve our attention besides the Mark Foley page scandal. There's a war in the Congo, for instance. The Taliban are back in power
in Afghanistan. I forget everything he listed but yes, it was important. And it's true the Foley story has been dominating (though not exclusively) the headlines.

But come on!! Can Ben Stein have forgotten the shameless political capital the Republicans made over Clinton's stupid error with Monica Lewinsky? I'm sure there were wars and famine in that period too, but the Republicans couldn't stop harping over Clinton's moral turpitude, the blue dress, etc. They don't have a foot to stand on here. And they are going DOWN!

On another matter entirely: I'm against the cueball look. More and more men seem to be opting for shaving their heads completely rather than grapple with the discomfort of balding. The eerie thing is it erases a lot of their individualism. I find these men tend to look startlingly alike. They all seem to have thickish lips, a prominent nose and sensitive hazel eyes. Is it just this physical type who are being moved to shave their heads? Or is this physical type more prone to balding? Or is this physical type the one that catches my eye and cueball-headed men are walking by me everywhere with radically different features?

Anyway, I think it's a mistake. Having some hair is preferable to this naked, glowing-bulb look. That's a gesture that seems more comforting to the executor than its witnesses. It would be like if women, on noticing a slight midriff-thickening, decided to wear muu-muus exclusively for the rest of their days, so no embarrassing bulges can be detected. Well, nothing else can be detected either. see what I'm saying? It's like killing a mosquito with a cannonball.

On the other hand I don't know what it's like to lose my hair so maybe I should keep my critical views to myself.