More anticipation has been building for Mitt Romney's 2011 tax returns than for the upcoming Emmy Awards, one might say, and today we got an almost full release from the Romney Campaign. 

As usual, Maggie Gallagher proves that her war against an American minority group has less to do with everyday Americans and their families and more to do with CEOs and dollar signs.

In rebuttal to word that Reuters has come out against Minnesota's upcoming anti-gay marriage vote, Maggie references a CNBC report to claim that "nine out of ten top states for businesses have marriage amendments."

That's great if you're a multi-millionaire CEO! But the story for the general population of these states is much less sugarcoated than Maggie would like you to know. Details follow.

A fascinating article appears in this week's New York Magazine highlighting the work of "pulchronomics" expert and labor economist Daniel S. Hamermesh. In his new book, Beauty Pays, Hamermesh finds correlation between universal attractiveness and income, and, conversely, between "ugliness" and its economic cost. So, how much does Hamermesh claims it costs to be found "unattractive" in our modern culture?