| Larry Elder: Couric's got the blues
CBS news anchor Katie Couric, invited to a recent briefing at the White House, complained about being the only journalist in attendance "wearing a skirt." Her colleagues included ABC's Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos; NBC's Brian Williams and Tim Russert; CBS's Bob Schieffer; CNN's Wolf Blitzer; and FOX's Brit Hume. Presumably, Couric's complaint concerned her status as the lone female in that room, rather than the restrictive dress code. Few viewers, I suspect, wish to see Tim Russert in a tutu or Brit Hume sporting a bra. So let's deal with Couric's complaint. Couric, on her CBS "Couric & Co." blog, thought it astonishing that, in the post-1970s women's liberation era, she found herself the only female news anchor in the room. In her blog entry, called, "Katie: A Woman at the Table," she wrote that women "only" comprise 16 percent of Congress but account for 51 percent of the population.
Surf The Web And Save On Prescriptions
(AP) KEY LARGO, Fla. It's not often you save several hundred dollars on medicine by surfing the Web, but David Melvin did, CBS News correspondent Wyatt Andrews reports. "Tremendous savings," he says. Melvin was on the Consumer Reports' Best Buy Drugs site and saw that his cholesterol medicine, Pravachol, was three times more expensive than a plain generic, Lovastatin, a drug the Web site was calling its "best buy." "When I saw the difference in pricing and what I could save, an "oh my God' is right," Melvin says. He also saw that Nexium, the hugely popular prescription drug he was taking for acid reflux, was not the best buy it was Prilosec OTC, sold over the counter. His doctor agreed to the changes, and when Melvin added his savings last year, it was more than $600 on two drugs. "I can have the same kind of effectiveness for a heck of a lot less money," Melvin says.
City Diary
Little in the way of top-flight action is scheduled for tomorrow, leaving the spotlight to fall on some of the lower-tier companies. • Humberts Group and Domino Printing are due to unveil their end-of-year results. • Software and computer services firm NCC is one of the few companies set to report interim results. • WH Smith is scheduled to update the city on its Christmas sales. The bookseller and stationer, which recently announced plans to axe its final salary pension scheme, split from its Smiths News distribution arm last year. • Technology firm Logica CMG, which has its Edinburgh offices on George Street, is also expected to issue a trading update. • Among economic announcements expected is the latest quarterly industrial trends survey from the Confederation for British Industries.
Sahara crib - the latest from Argington
Even though my body is now back to normal and I sleep through the night and only occasionally experience heartburn, I do envy expecting moms one thing: crib selection. As any mom-to-be knows, the crib is the centerpiece of the nursery. I thought I'd done really well with my whitewash Stokke oval number. But then I saw this. As far as I'm concerned, Argington's new Sahara crib is the best. At least in terms of design. It's sleek and contemporary, but less bulky and, with its rounded edges, softer than most modern options. I'm not a fan of the darker finishes (it comes in five: white, birch, walnut, red Maple, and cherry), but at least you have options. Like almost every crib these days, it can be converted to a really cool toddler bed. The only problem with that? By the time my kid is ready for a bed, I'm sure I'll have seen something I want more! .
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