Tactless 'Housewives'

By MARTHA ANN OVERLAND

Call it the slur heard round the world.

On the September 30th episode of the ABC soap opera Desperate Housewives, the angst-ridden Susan Mayer was told by her gynecologist that she may be approaching menopause. "Can I check those diplomas?" she replied. "Cause I would just like to make sure that they are not from some med school...