I mean, the GQ article lost me at “loveable lug”. Michael Scott is supposed to be a bunch of horrible stereotypes which on their own aren’t the worst, but when they’re rolled into your boss, become horrifying. The fact that he’s basically a 5 year old in heart and mind can be seen as “loveable” in a certain way, but…

Fascinating.  Have to admit that my knee-jerk reaction was definitely in the pearl-clutching, “how can she do this to her child” mode of thought, but reading through her responses it seems clear it’s been well thought out and really, what the hell do I know?  Assuming all the parts about her being careful with STDs or…

Agreed on all counts, except that conversion does not equal colonization.  That the two went hand in hand for much of modern history doesn’t change that.

Why not?  Dr Carson has no “right” to having his name on the school.  It was done because at the time, the people in charge thought that his career was one worth honoring.  As his resume has evolved, as it were, it’s become obvious that his legacy as a surgeon and his legacy as a human being impacting the lives of…

What a shitty take.

Damn.  I kind of wish I could see the responses of folks who commiserated with this shithead

Good take. Of course, most of the dollars spent on these programs are to help local businesses that need the help, but eh, screw them.

What are we supposed to be taking away from this? A woman stated a completely unsupported position as a fact. A man disagreed. The man came off as far more reasonable, in that his basic point was “if you want to be engaged as if you’re making a reasonable point, make a reasonable argument”. Why is his opinion (that…

The first part of your statement is unequivocally correct: to enslave is human. For all of human history, across all cultures nearly without exception, slavery has been an accepted practice. Most of the time, the slaves themselves don’t question it as an institution, merely their place within the hierarchy (for…

Well, without agreeing with all the things he noted, there are modern concepts that originated in Europe and the ultimate flowering of which are due explicitly to Western European culture.

He’s a religious zealot and a misogynist too.

Seems like the relevant question is how long the relationship lasted? If you dated for 3 months, broke up, and then had sex again, yeah... I can see why that doesn’t matter, at all. But if you spent years together, and are trying to turn “us” into “me” because you’re lives were so entangled, then hells yeah it makes…

It’d be galling and annoying, I agree. But unless we make at least an attempt to lead them to the truth all they will get is an unadulterated stream of rhetoric from Trump. This hardening of the lines between the two sides isn’t good for either side.

Can we get a bunch of other articles in this series about things we should all be forced to do for the benefit of other people, regardless of personal preference?

First off, SCOTUS judges aren’t elected.

It’s just depressing how little liberals and especially the Democratic elite over the past 40 years failed to view courts with the same urgency as conservative elites.

Wow. You enjoyed Seasons 5 & 6? I thought Season 7 was the best season in a long time, specifically because they finally ended any pretense that this was an adaptation of a series or the idea that the characters and plot need to have any consistency in terms of motivation or plausibility. Its just “let good actors ham…

You obviously cared enough about my opinion to respond, so your studied indifference falls apart at something less than a glance.

What, exactly, is your point? I mean, thank god you’re here to point out that the game which involves massive amounts of violence might be dangerous, I don’t think anyone had picked up on that, but where are you going with this revolutionary line of thought?

Don’t we have to think about these things in relative terms? Yes, the US may feel like a prison to her... but has she lived in an authoritarian state? To someone from former East Germany, the US must feel like the most liberal possible paradise. My guess is a woman in Saudi Arabia would say the same. The US isn’t…