I DON'T KNOW WHY IT IS

but people think straighter in a barber shop. So much so, in fact, that I think that's where polling places need to be. I mean for several years, the polls have been in churches, rec buildings, even garages.

But nowhere do Americans have any more answers than in barber shops. I know that means I sound sexist, but I can't comment on what goes on in beauty shops. Maybe the same thing, but I doubt it.

What makes me say that? Well, women usually go to a beauty shop to get beautified. Guys go to a barber to get cleaner. As long as men leave without a cut, nick, or scar, they're pretty happy. "Will you look at what she did to me?" "I'll never let her touch my hair again!" Face it: most women don't like their hair. No beautician could satisfy.

"I wish he had taken more off the top." That's about all you hear in the way of the male customer after a haircut. We may not like our hair any better than the gals; we just don't make a big deal out of it.

Besides, there are other reasons to go to the barber shop. "Can't do it now, Hon; gotta get a haircut." Plus we have to talk politics and straighten the world out.

Vote at the barber shop. Your choices will become readily apparent. And America will be better off.