Yeah, comically over the top fakery, and I wish a reporter would ask him how such a stricken, confused-by-dire-illness specimen is fit to hold office. Sepsis and multiple strokes! Maybe his congregation would buy this as a miracle, but how many others are so gullible?

Yes, the same thing happened to me, and right when I had to get wall-sized enlargements for a show right away. I was shocked when the option to pick up at the store nearby, the one I had used regularly for years, suddenly disappeared from the online menu and the closest pick up site was over 45 minutes each way. No…

Yes, the same thing happened to me, and right when I had to get wall-sized enlargements for a show right away. I…

I agree: Costco photo. Many choices as to size and finish (I prefer satin to gloss, with no border) and the app on their web site works well. Good prices, very reliable, good quality, and if you don’t want to pick it up they will ship inexpensively. I also trust them more than most big companies.

I agree: Costco photo. Many choices as to size and finish (I prefer satin to gloss, with no border) and the app on …

I’m with you on the low opinion of Bradley Cooper’s vanity project movie, which should have been titled It’s All About Me. Ten years from now all anyone will care about in that movie is Gaga’s HAAAAAWWW song. Maybe sooner than 10 years. Best picture? Compared to what, Mall Cop? I’m not a fan of the…

By the way, I didn’t notice until after I posted this Mike Lukovich cartoon that his Trump has the Russian flag as a lapel pin. From Wikipedia:

Rodenticides have killed rat-eating red-tailed hawks in New York City too. From 2012:

I see this movie as a vanity project centered on the source of the vanity, a man. Naturally the Oscar voters, mostly wannabe male vanity project directors/stars themselves, are riveted.

Yes, that’s one of the plot types that does not appeal to me at all, either. My theory is that it’s a form of fantasy of letting go of the pressure of responsibilities. He makes all the decisions for her, so she can just let go. It’s a fantasy, so it’s safe.

Sorry! Been there, years ago. My husband perfected a way to hold our baby daughter that was magic. Her little feet stuck out on one side, he would move in a certain way, and presto! Silence and sleep.  I never mastered that technique.

When I started reading romantic fiction I quickly became fascinated with the range, variety and psychology of these novels. They are intended to appeal to the private fantasies of women, and there are a lot of different sorts of fantasies out there. Some are straightforward sexual fantasies, many have powerful rich…

True artistry! I hope the artists had some tongue in cheek fun with some of these over the top covers. And I love the faux teaser line in smaller print on that one: Too bad Camaros hadn’t been invented yet.

These covers are advertising, of course, but they used to embarrass me enough that I stayed far away from romantic fiction for years. There’s a reason why cloth covers for concealing paperback books sell well.

I think you’re right about isolation making the asocial traits more intense and difficult to control.  This is made even worse by the negative labels and readiness to judge.  

Well said. Everything human is on a spectrum, and it’s long past time to ditch the binary thinking that has caused so much pain and bad judgement. It’s not what you feel, it’s what you do that truly matters. People who choose to do the right thing even without a constant inner push by their conscience seem to me to…

Yes. The traits of a psychopath are obvious in him. The successful ones study the behavior patterns of people constrained by conscience and affection and learn how to manipulate them. Their charisma is synthetic but sometimes chillingly effective. And they don’t care at all who is hurt or killed by their games.

I interpreted the wording of the article to mean that the affected teen’s stay at home was going to be on a trial basis.  Very scary.  How awful to be her parents or siblings and always be wondering what she might do at any time.   

I agree, it’s tragic that due to brain structural differences or trauma, some children cannot feel “normal” social emotions but can only try to mimic them to get by. They did not make a choice to be different, but there is still some amount of free will IMO. They can’t choose what to feel, but they can choose what…

I’d say “Entitled” was her middle name, but it should be more prominent than that. She blindly assumes that her unthinking, shallow views on any subject are sought by all and that disagreement is always wrong.. Because of her connection as McCain’s Little Girl, she has a national stage and substantial income with no…

I read an article that I believe gives some insight into this young woman’s behavior. It’s here in both print and podcast forms: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06/when-your-child-is-a-psychopath/524502/