I meant to post this with my marriage rant the other day: "Who Needs a Husband" from the NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/17/opinion/17COLM.html
And today's letters to the editor in response to the column:
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/24/opinion/L24HUSB.html
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