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Pretend you're a clothing-store owner. Your government discovers the women's clothing you sell is priced higher than your men's apparel, and declares your "gender-based pricing" not only illegal, but a human-rights violation. Never mind that women's clothes generally are more expensive to produce. Never mind that women generally want more choices than men, which adds to your overhead. Never mind that some women actually willingly pay a lot more for certain brands. Never mind all the other economic laws that go into the pricing of goods and services. The government says if you charge women more for clothing, you're no...

Love it or hate it, you have to admit: A mullet hairstyle is distinctive There are two kinds of people in this country, and forget that blue-state, red-state thing. You're either for a mullet or against a mullet. What's a mullet? Do not mock us. Yes, a mullet is a spiny-finned, feeble-toothed fish, but we all know it's so much more. A mullet is a hairstyle characterized by the hair cut short in front and on the sides but kept long down the back. It's not a cutting-edge style. But recently, the mullet has re-emerged as a pop culture object...

SAN FRANCISCO - Political epiphanies can occur in unexpected places. For Riki Dennis, a 35-year-old humanities student who is transsexual, it was the women's room at a rest stop on Highway 101 north of Santa Barbara. "The boyfriend hit me, even in mellow California," said Ms. Dennis, who was in the early stages of becoming female when she was assaulted by a stranger after using the women's room. "I said, 'Sir, I have no designs on your girlfriend.' I just want to use the bathroom." Ms. Dennis, whose lowish voice is now the lone betrayal of her birth sex, is...