He was all about his wife. In literally every picture you can find of the two of them, from their twenties to their twilight years (president over your shoulder? pfft, he's with Ruth!), he is beaming like he knows he's the luckiest guy in the world.

I once had the pleasure of meeting her at a dinner. There was no tiara, but she was rocking full opera-length gloves (which are apparently a signature item for her) and sipping a G&T with what must have been a splash of grenadine.

May I suggest this as required reading. It's an acceptance speech by Marty Ginsburg for a tax award that tells an amazing story about Ruth getting her start in appellate litigation. The recent profile from the New Yorker is also excellent, though paywalled.

It honestly didn't register as a rape joke to me initially, and I was sitting here thinking exactly that: "Are we sure that's what he meant?" Thanks for pointing this link out!

It's especially outrageous when invitations haven't been sent for the wedding in four weeks and you're expected to travel internationally to attend!

The phrase "According to the complaint" is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence. The complaint doesn't identify the man or appear to cite to the criminal proceedings against him. Therefore, I don't think it's outrageous to say that this hasn't actually been substantiated yet. Though given that there…

It's only the complaint that says the man plead guilty. The man isn't actually identified in the complaint and the criminal case doesn't appear to be cited. So, no, the account hasn't actually been substantiated in any way yet.

The complaint doesn't identify the passenger, which strikes me as very odd. I would expect it to name the passenger and cite to the criminal proceedings.
It's probably worth extending United the benefit of the doubt until the account in the complaint is substantiated in some way, such as by providing a reference to…

Sweeping generalizations, like swear words, make the world more fun!

There has to be room for exceptions though.

For a more comprehensive version of Ginsburg's thoughts, here is a link to her Madison lecture at NYU law in 1992. The first half covers collegiality among justices. Page 14 of the PDF onward covers restraint in judicial decision making and is the part that specifically addresses Roe.

I just booked a trip for the summer. The airfare was GREAT for international travel, the hotels, however, are not. Couldn't find anything better than a campground for less than $200-$300/night. You might have better luck outside of the high-season, though some of the smaller town hotels are closed then.

God bless the Federal Courts. Even the judges nominated by Republicans, like this one and the one who tee-ed up DOMA for the Supremes, are generally awesome!

I take your point, but I don't think you'll ever get a critical mass of support if you don't accept that people who put in more are going to demand to get more in return.

That's not really fitting. Using your analogy, employer provided healthcare covers a wide range of issues. If it didn't—for example by generously covering chiropractic treatments (because the boss has a bad back obviously) and excluding any coverage of prenatal/maternal heathcare or OB/GYN issues—I would rightly…

I take your point about keeping the discussion focused and not getting distracted by tangents. But given the startling number of commenters who think parenting entitles them to special consideration and the relative silence regarding childless workers in this latest "Lean In" iteration of the discussion, I think it…

"I have never understood why workers without kids resent the miniscule concessions that are occasionally granted to workers with kids"

Yup.

Workplaces don't support volunteering in the same way that they accommodate children.

Bingo! Except that "picking up some slack for coworkers" has to be a reciprocal relationship. If I do it for them to pick up the kids or attend their school play, then I expect reciprocity when it comes to my concert tickets or first date with the cute optometrist. And if not, then I expect to get paid more and to…