It actually has hurt the ability to offer some music performance and art classes, because serial hobbyists used to increase the enrollment to the point they were viable.

It’s more like supporting someone’s mental health, social ties or continued growth as a person. The state’s master plan for higher ed used to encourage “lifelong learning,” and community colleges were supposed to provide opportunities for that, especially for seniors like the person in this story. But not any more.

I'm feeling really bad for England right now.

If she lived in California, the state would require he to pay the full cost of repeating the class, and she would have to stop repeating it after two years. People used to do this — take art and music classes for years, in order to improve, in order to have access to practice facilities and studios — but the state…

Dear Ben Carson: I've been noticing that some Christian denominations seem to be incompatible with the Constitution, too. How about that?

I was ambivalent about my students using “Mrs. Asada,” but to be honest, I now think it helps everyone remember they aren’t home in their underwear and the person in front of the room deserves their respect.

I am having a “What the hell, Minnesota?” moment. I guess they did give us Michelle Bachman, but.

I gagged in the same place. I mean, Omfg Mary Mitchell: “When you agree to meet a strange tree with a chainsaw in a forest for money...” “When you agree to go trolling for strange fish in cold waters for money...” “When you agree to climb a strange electrical tower with strange tools for money...” But I guess it’s…

“But they knew I was a writer!” —Truman Capote, mystified by why his rich friends didn't like appearing in his stories.

Writers: People who just do not know when to leave things the fuck alone.

I don’t feel like being a mother is something so holy that people can’t compare other nurturing relationships to it, or that they have to qualify that nurturing relationship by adding “-figure” to it.

I hope it means Jane is a Native American, because otherwise, her sarcasm is unbecoming.

He’s singing the third verse of the kid’s song that starts: “Where is Thumbkin? Where is Thumbkin? Here I am! Here I am!”

Oh, I have some guesses about which Kaiser facility you were at. But I’ll keep them to myself.

I lived for two years in a tiny, tiny town in a rural county where you had a choice between two gynecologists: both older men who were active members of their celibacy-promoting churches. If anything, they were less approachable for a non-virgin single woman than the previous sentence suggests. I wonder how many of…

Who are these women who constantly reject short guys? I had a number of short male friends in high school and college, and they were highly sought after and NEVER single. And by short, I’m talking 5 foot 6 or under.

Maybe after she’s done “right-sizing” America the rest of us can move to Canada?

It almost looks like she tripped him to make better footage for her to shoot. I guess that would be the “Nightcrawler” defense.

I cannot believe this fucker is not only leading the Republican polls, but beating Hillary Clinton by 5 points in the head-to-heads. America, WTF? You are not casting a reality show.

You have to be able to tolerate a bit of the old ultraviolence. But I agree with LaComtesse: What sets Peaky Blinders apart is its consciousness of class (and race, as Gypsies and Jews were definitely Not White at this point). And AUNT POLLY is my spirit animal.