[miss marmelstein]

Whoa!!! That is the quote of the day! Thanks so much for sending it. Gave me goose flesh, actually.

[definitelynotaliberal]

Here's another: But, hey...look on the bright side of things, Melissa...

Most academics write reams of nonsense (with the lofty, self-important title of "peer reviewed publications") in order to become recognized as experts in their chosen fields of study.

You, on the other hand, have risen above such pedestrian pursuits and have actually now become a Subject of Study in media communications and journalism. Thanks to your own dogged persistence (some might say, stubbornness) in refusing to acknowledge error, in denying any fault or accepting any personal responsibility for your actions you have earned a place in countless future textbooks, discussions and lectures about what NOT to do.

Yes, it's true. If you had merely apologized and owned up to your stupidity at the outset of this mess it would have been quickly swept out of sight and your, no doubt, illustrious academic future would have been secure.

But you were better than that. And much, much more clever.

No, you chose the brave path of defiance. You were going to stick it to the man and show the world that no one would ever make a fool of the future feminist hall-of-famer, Melissa A. Click Ph. D.

Except you. You made a fool of yourself quite nicely. Good form, Melissa. Well done and bravo. You are now and forever after, part of the story. It's a crap story but you own it.

Who would've thought it could be this instructive to read the WaPo? Certainly not I.

[definitelynotaliberal]

They keep getting better and better. I should just fix myself a cocktail right now and just really surrender to the jollies.

I don’t want to live in a world where citizens are too afraid of public scorn to take a chance. Do you? ==========================================

I want to live in a country where people who have views and actions anathema to the Bill of Rights ARE COMPLETELY SCORNED, and ridiculed for good measure.

In a just world people would be demanding Click hurry up with their Mocha Lattes.