DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO, AKA LOATHING MADONNA: "Perhaps you should spend more time celebrating what you like rather than denigrating what you don't like," I jokingly harangued one of my correspondents a week or so ago.

That said, it's always nice to have a few reliable targets of ire. For me, Madonna has long represented all that is loathe-worthy -- although I did admire her body during much of the 80s and, truth be told, also the 90s. Here, again, is an unfavorable review of her new excuse for making a controversial video and changing her hairstyle.