Yuri Besmenov was a spy and turncoat, not a scientist, historian, anthropologist, political scientist or educator. So I would accept him as an authoritative source on what the KGB was trying to accomplish 40 years ago through its propaganda efforts, but not on wheher it succeeded. And as he has been dead for more than…

Kara Walker.

The fact you perceive that completely evidence-free essay as logical and soundly reasoned makes me realize that we have probably lost a generation to cuts in education funding and political squabbles over putting creationism in textbooks.

There is an inherent bias against women’s performance. This study on try-outs for an orchestra showed that when the try-outs were blinded, the number of women who got into the orchestra increased by 50 %.

For a guy who is claiming to be all rational about the issue, he sure is light on supporting evidence from named, authoritative, current sources. He doesn’t address or critique even one of the studies on gender discrimination in STEM fields. He has a junior high-level understanding of how biology might contribute to…

Oh, Arrow. Please fire your writers.

When they turned Crichton into twins, I was all, “Seriously?” And then that became one of the greatest stretches of episodes in SF tv history.

It is hard to overstate how corrupt WVa politics are.

61 percent of Americans share your disgust, according to today’s Quinnipiac poll. The fact Trump can continue to hold office despite overwhelming opposition to his policies is a defect of our Democracy 1.0 system.

Jesus, dude, who stole your toy train? Try yoga or group therapy.

I LOVE SANTA BARBARA CHASING MARTIANS WITH HER SWORD.

Yeah, I’ve had at LEAST three gay priests at the churches I attended.

Protestant denominations that are totally OK with gay people include the Episcopal Church of the U.S. and the United Church of Christ. Unitarians are also fine with gay people, and don’t even require you to believe in the Holy Spirit or the divinity of Jesus. #notallprotestants

But given your rule (1), if the snakes are under your house, it seems like your choices are (a) burn the house down or (b) kill the snakes, then block up the holes they used to get in.

It’s only fair for us to take turns. That means we are due about, oh, 2,500 years’ worth of objectifying men before it’s men’s turn again.

He is so blatantly ignoring chainsaw safety rules, I don’t think I can watch the video.

Or, you know, I could take my business to a restaurant* that doesn’t try to force me to eat meatloaf.

Can you tell yourself this is one of the historical inconsistencies that indicates the movie happens in a parallel universe, and then get over it?

I cannot stand prewritten reviews....It’s happening again with the alternate history Civil War show.

We enjoyed hate-watching Shrimpnoodle Timberlake.