Clarification: Couric, Feminism, and Ron Burgundy As some readers have helpfully pointed out, Dan Rather has left CBS news and has been replaced by a woman, Katie Couric. I was puzzled by this, as I thought it was some sort of Celebrity News week at CBS. Apparently, it is not. I looked into the issue further and discovered this is most likely the result of something known as "feminism". To quote the wikipedia article to which I have linked:

While there is much equity feminism talk of the "glass ceiling," the ranks of women at the CEO, CFO and COO levels of private and public businesses continues its inexorable rise.

I suppose you could bundle in "managing editor of the CBS evening news" with this. This "inexorable rise" of feminism has claimed its latest casualty: Dan Rather, the Great American Newsman. This all seemed like some sort of deja vu to me, and then I realized this exactly what happened to Ron Burgundy in the 1970s. The War on Manliness continues.

Note to readers: I hate to have to put in this little disclaimer, but it has come to my attention that my sarcasm and satire are not always readily detectable. If you think I'm joking, I probably am.  ¶ 10:38 AM