[2ndreconmarine]

How old she appears has nothing to do with being unhealthily thin. Two different issues altogether.

You miss the point entirely.

At issue is how old she appears relative to her age. Age is not only chronological, it is also physical and mental. And the relative rates of aging are an excellent indicator of both mental and physical health.

The simple fact is that she looks much younger than her actual age, dramatically so. Indeed, few people seem to do as well. I know I haven't. I'd bet you look every one of your years as well.

[Mamzelle]

Now, for starters, I am a huge Ann fan. I even bring up the issue of how right-wingers in publishing have stalled her career. You can only find her columns on her site or in Human Events, while that "dullard" Krauthammer gets lots more status writing the same dreary old thing--unless he's dead wrong, like when he supported McVain.

National Review, Weekly Standard--and other conservative pubs will not give Ann the time of day.

Ann is extravagantly good-looking, but she does not look to be in her mid-twenties. The photos are "managed", and she goes heavy on the makeup for TV. I invite you to buy "Is It True What They Say About Ann?"--you'll see the makeup in process. On her good days, she can pass for her mid-thirties. There comes a time when a thin woman is forty, and she'd better get just a tad of padding or she's gonna look gaunt. Where it starts to show first is the collar-bones, and Ann generally .