Maybe it’s because I’m old, but “Thank U Next” seems affectionate and appreciative to me, like, not at all mean to her exes?

Re: Armie Hammer

Sports in the U.S. have always been political. Politics made sure Jack Johnson did not enjoy the life of ease his boxing earned him. Politics hired a segregationist judge to “clean up” baseball’s gambling problem and, by the way, make sure black and female players understood their second-class status in the game.

Man, I forget sometimes how much it sucks to buy produce when you don’t live in California.

Ironically, there has always been a greater tolerance for opinion and analysis in sportswriting than in other forms of journalism. Given Trump’s track record and the record of the people he surrounded himself with in the White House (Bannon, Miller...), her tweet was WELL within normal tolerances. If the NFL weren’t a…

Axiomatically, if you aren’t Jewish and you describe yourself as “anti-Zionist” rather than “pro-Palestinian,” I’m going to assume you are somewhat-to-hella antisemitic, yes. I’m working with a reasonably large sample size here, so I’m comfortable making that assumption.

They don’t need a pass. They’re Jewish, and it’s very clear what they mean when they use it.

I feel as if you stopped reading after my first sentence. That’s OK, as an ex-journalist, I’m pretty used to that.

Momoa is the 2018 inductee into my Adam Levine Hall of Guys I Would Formerly Have Gladly Done.

You seem curiously invested in being able to use the word “Zionist.” Should I write you a pass?

Holy fuck, so we’ve won on every other gender equity issue and now we can focus on making cookies nonbinary? That’s fantas... Wait, what? No? This is another made-up bullshit complaint from the same people who brought us the Starbucks to-go cup wars?

Everybody who has responded to you has also “leaned pretty hard” into a criticism of the Israeli government. I haven’t seen anyone here defend Israel’s treatment of Palestinians or claim Netanyahu is reasonable in his policies. What we would like is that you stop using the word “Zionist” as a stand-in for “Israeli.”…

I’m sure you are familiar with dogwhistling and how subtle word choices can make significant changes in meaning. (See: people vs. you people.)

News: Very recently, Alice Walker told the New York Times that one of Icke’s books is fabulous, and the New York Times’ decision to report her recommendation without comment or context is now being criticized.

You cannot simply

Unfortunately for that argument, Jennifer Beales is black.

It literally never occurred to me that DiNozzo and Bull were played by the same actor. (Not a regular watcher of either series.) I guess what they say about evil corroding from within is true.

Completely off-topic, but fashion-related: I haven’t seen the side-buckled belt since about 1981 and it’s giving me nostalgic feelings.

The verb “effect” means “to bring about”: This anecdote has effected a change in the level of my attraction to Jason Momoa.

Accept your star. A good editor can always make your copy better.