After noting that the Obama cabinet was full of basketball players, it seems only fair (now that the parental units are on the road home) to take note of the "basketball for boys" brouhaha: Basketball game sparks complaints of a man’s world at White House

Does the White House feel like a frat house?

The suspicion flared in recent weeks - and not for the first time - after President Obama was criticized by women’s advocates and liberal bloggers for hosting a high-level basketball game with no female players.

Oh, I can hear the spit flying from both sides of the political divide.

While I'm not particularly interested on jumping on either bandwagon, I would ask people to apply the "flip" test: What would be the reaction if, say, it was President of the United States Val Ackerman and she hosted a high-level basketball game with no male players?