I Didn't Know So Many People Cared About Beauty Pageants

I thought beauty pageants were an outmoded relic. Apparently, they still spark passions. Rightwing bloggers have become unhinged because the Miss USA crown went to Rima Fakih, an Arab-American from Detroit. For the record, I was seriously baffled in 2008 when liberals had a meltdown over Miss California's conservative views regarding same-sex marriage.