A MAN'S FIELD. What do the following things have in common? "I'm the commander." "It is the haircut that will not die." "The need for one-man rule."
The first is a comment by George Bush, the president of the United States. The second is a comment by Roger Simon at the Politico about the hair of John Edwards, a Democratic candidate for the presidency of the United States. The third is what Harvey Mansfield believes this country needs at this time of war: the setting-aside of all laws except for the primal testosterone-based right of the strongest male to run the pack.
Glenn Greenwald has written two valuable critiques about the last two of the sentences I chose at Salon. He points out that while Politico discusses the price of Edwards' haircut, news happens:
