Cluelessness of the week

The recording artist Curtis Jackson, known as "50 Cent," freely acknowledges he's a homophobe, but goes on to say, "But women who like women, that's cool." Thank you, Mr. Cent. You've got your finger on the pulse of the nation.

In other news, here's yet another brutal murder in the suburb where I went to high school, just outside the gates of the NASA center near Houston. The Clear Lake area, a godforsaken paved-over cow pasture that was supposed to be so cute and safe, has in the last few years turned into a cauldron of violence and degradation.