so, apart from another poster’s argument that assault rifles are fun to shoot and to customize, what other compelling reason is there to continue to allow these weapons to be easily available?

RE: Because all people have that right? It’s literally the preamble of the Declaration of Independence.

Would you allow the states of the old Confederacy here in the US to have a test vote for independence just for the hell of it?

Thank you very much for your insights. Previously, about the only thing I knew about this situation was that one of the characters in the “Master and Commander” series of novels had a soft spot for Catalan independence.

We don’t know each other, so you have no idea whether my outrage is sincere or “feigned.” You don’t even seem to clear on what I am upset about.

This is insane. The Las Vegas shooting would have been even more horrific if the police had not been able to quickly determine where the shots were coming from, and had not at least some of the people been able to take some kind of cover.

You make good points when you note that the science is actually pretty good, and about the serialized aspects of the show. Thanks for your insights here.

I agree that “The Orville” is not slipping into mediocrity. That would actually be an achievement. The show cannot even rise the level of mediocrity.

Some white people think that racism was limited to the South; so it is telling that the first edition of The Green Book covered the New York area.

The controversy over Dr. Seuss is a bunch of hooey, as a number of other commenters have pointed out. The librarian’s response was far more nuanced.

Cameron is a jerk. To hell with him. But I love how Carter has come up to defend the movie. Yep. Just like a Wonder Woman should.

The Variety article was trying to stir up crap, and apparently succeeded. Show business does not have a corporate human resources office. You have to get all you can while you can, because too often, even proven talent with years of demonstrated excellence is often underpaid or flat out cheated. Is Schumer worth…

RE: There is an argument to be made for monogamy being a social construct.

RE: But the Nazis in Virginia weren’t really there to protest white women’s right to be alive.

The Stono Rebellion actually took the fight to slaveholders, burnt plantations, attempted an escape. Burning up stores in your own neighborhood is not a rebellion, it’s a riot.

This happened to me in my senior year in college, but was similar to a couple of post college experiences. Through procrastination and stupidity, I got myself in a terrible jam which jeopardized my financial aid, and I was trying to unsuccessfully bluff my way out of it. Worse, I had worked myself into refusing to…

The only “advantage white society can offer” Justine Diamond in her death is ... nothing. She is as cold and dead and destined for burial as any other person unjustly killed by a police officer.

Another day in which Trump accuses Hillary Clinton of unproven “crimes” while insisting that there is no reason for anybody to investigate his administration for anything ever. What a farce.

The poor child is dead, and there is nothing in the parent’s Christian beliefs that compel them to continue this futile exercise. The best thing this couple could do would be to find the strength in their faith to say goodbye to their child and to let her be at peace.

John Boyega is one of the leads protecting his neighborhood from aliens in “Attack the Block,” and Will Smith stars in a version of “I Am Legend,” and I suppose, the Men in Black films.