Jeannie...When I first read your article I thought of all the stupid selfish things I did in my youth. Funny though, even at my worst wildness I never cared for Madanna or her attack on the Catholic church, of which I belong to. I know that when we are young we do stupid, selfish things and hopefully we see reason and truth as we get older. I absolutely understand your questioning of Madonna's now alarmed attitude regarding her intruder. If she had only prefaced her alarm with a nod to understanding her own destructive influence on youth, then maybe I could've been more understanding. But it's like the big bad wolf crying about someone eating grandpa when that same wolf just ate granny. I find more chilling the lack of self-awareness that Madonna has and her complete disregard of how her past and present antics effect children and society. Maybe she should look into why criminals behave in certain ways...perhaps having indecent morals is the first step.

"stigma of a soup kitchen".....really? excuse me but I've helped out in soup kitchens where patrons are treated with love and dignity and guess what...they don't have to do anything in return for the hot meal provided by the charitable goodness of their fellow Americans...not the government and not a celebrity hoo ha who thinks people in need are craving gourmet food. many soup kitchens also have access to information about employment ..you know..the kind that pays...to any who might be looking..BJ should get his axx to one and volunteer before he makes disparaging remarks regarding the charitable institutions that make this country great.

"“Despite all the wonderful advances that have been made, it’s still dangerous for an actor to talk about that in our extremely misguided culture

Dangerous? Really? Out "misguided culture" ? Maybe he's thinking of places like Iran where they hang men for being gay. In today's Hollywood, coming out as gay is considered "brave". As if they were battling these evil hetros who would hunt them down and hang them..oh yeah, again, in Iran. Most Americans accept all types of people. Are there bigots and homophobes? Of course, everywhere. The majority of Americans are not bigots or homophobes. Yet certain activist homosexuals would label me as a homophobe because I don't believe that marriage should be redefined to fit their sexuality. I was a flight attendant for 10 years and had many friends, some happened to be gay. Quite frankly, I didn't care about their sexuality because that should be a personal thing for both gay and hetros. Sexuality, either hetro or gay, does not need to be who you are as a person. Those who believe so limit themselves. They are the bitter angry ones.

There's really only two reasons you write and perform a song about someone..1) You're currently in love with them and sing about stuff you'd like to do with them or to them. Or.. 2) You hate them because they spurned you, broke-up with you or never gave you a chance. Hmmmm. lol

"Slightly flabby voice" ??? What a jackass. I stopped reading his books after Dolores Claiborne. The sharpness is gone. He's become a murky, sullen, predictable writer who lashes out verbally at his own boogeyman, WE THE PEOPLE! I love it when lefties get vicious on a personal level; it exposes their absolute fear of the subject they attack.

Another liberal fantasy with conservative bashing. I started reading this book but soon lost interest. Like I can relate to someone who boo hoos about her empty life (aka liberal) and how she jets off to Italy (yeah, right) to enlighten herself. Whatever happened to being happy and content while exploring our great country? Enlightenment? Finding anywhere USA and feeling welcomed, no matter who you are...especially if there's barbeque involved!

TV hits are a catch-22, your show is a hit and loved by millions yet you're always thought of as that hit character which limits your future gigs. Not many actors or actresses from big hit shows have made it (as big) like they did on their past hit. Big exception, Frasier. Kelsey Grammer only got funnier with his show. Yet he was still playing the same character. I loved Patricia Heaton's Debra Barone. I wasn't sure if I'd believe her in "The Middle" but it's actually a quite funny show. She's a softer Debra but every once in awhile you see that old character pop up, which seems to work. I absolutely agree about Sean Hayes. He was meant to be "Just Jack". His hysterical screaming banshee moments were the best. I unfortunately tuned out of the show when they started taking political pot-shots in the most obvious ways. Funny, the show went downhill after that.

It was 1974 or 75 and I was about 11 or 12 and watched Night of the Living Dead in black in white on a Saturday night on my parents little 12 inch television along with my 3 other siblings. I remember sitting on my knees because they started shaking so bad. I was sick and enthralled with fear all at once, not able to take my eyes off the screen. I remember feeling a sad sickness inside when the hero met his end. I didn't sleep well for weeks after seeing that movie. I spent my time in the dark awake, planning escape routes throughout my house in case of a zombie attack. I was prepared. Romero toughened me up. The Exorcist (when I was allowed to see it) ..yawn. Other horror movies were okay but nothing scared me like Night of the Living Dead. For years I refused to watch anything with zombies. Then came the axx kicking Resident Evil. FINALLY..my alter ego kicking zombie axx. I could finally now watch a zombie movie without my knees shaking! George Romero will always be to me, my first. My first terror, my first sleepless night, my first dance with scary movies that to this day I love.

I tuned out Lopez after an episode of his sitcom about how incensed he was that someone in the neighborhood had a lawn ornament that was a sleeping Mexican under a sombrero. He made it into such a racial statement against whites that it disgusted me. Yeah, George...guess where those lawn ornaments were made..IN MEXICO! Such a moron. There is a wonderful thing in Mexico (and Spain) called the "siesta"...that statue was a symbol of rest and relaxation of the siesta. Most statues were placed in gardens to represent relaxation. I guess St. Francis, the Virgin Mary and Buddha should be offended according to Lopez....we see their statues in gardens as well. Only race-baiters like Lopez turned it into something ugly. He's trash.