Because researchers are biased against creative types and want to expose their flaws! No, no, wait...because researchers are biased against CEOs and want to prevent CEOs' illnesses from being cured by preventing their discovery, or...they would rather help creative types instead! Bigots!

What is the controversy around the idea of "forcible rapes"? And is the distinction just forcible v. statutory? or is it forcible v. any situation in which consent is invalid bc of age, intoxication etc? Are people objecting to some Republican's contention that forcible rape is worse than non-forcible rape? All things…

Only if you make less than $200k. I think this is a big deal for non-rich people, especially older people since we generally fund our retirements with investments.

I think he meant that the top 5% will pay 60% of the total income tax revenue collected, not that they will pay over 60% of their incomes to the federal government.

I'm from Illinois

I think it is a money thing - in part. It's also a reflection on how unpleasant it is to deal with the American public. The job is just so unpleasant that the majority of people who are willing to do it are in some way deficient. $14/hr is an alright wage, but it's not nearly enough of an incentive to attract the…

A public school teacher in the classroom is a government employee who is being paid out of public coffers to educate children, not to promote their own political views. I'm free to wear a Romney shirt while walking down the sidewalk. Do you think an on-duty police officer should be able to detain me and ridicule me…

I'm pretty sure there are a fair number of 5th grade teachers out there making upwards of $100k

Ok but then the state should give her parents a tax break, right?

What would be your purpose in ridiculing her? Just for fun?

Makes sense when you put it that way.

"it would just be something to tell them"

I call it bodily strawberries and cream. And you've listed all the fixins.

Keep the mascot/logo, lose the feathers, change the name to the Washington Men Whom Women Find Attractive. Problem solved.

What's wrong with you? Don't you know that if a person feels that something that has happened to them is bullying, then it is unequivocally wrong to question that characterization? And if a third party perceives bullying occur between two other people, then it must in fact be bullying, even if the others don't see it…

You can draw a conclusion about Republican voters in general based on a single statement by your friend? I would not even attempt such a feat. You must be a superb conclusion drawer.

I wonder: does the child have a cause of action against the mother for battery? (Probably no intrafamily immunity obstacle here and even if there were, the battery would still have technically occurred)

In fact, I am stupid. And, I consider your comment quite uncharitable as it was clearly issued from a position of intelligence privilege.

We all love Mr. Rogers and he made a great case for continued funding for his show. He didn't make the broader case for PBS in general, however. And, that was 43 years ago. Television had only been around for about 33 years at that point. He is no longer alive. The world has changed. Television has changed. We have…

The Constitution would allow a ban on ear piercings. Male ear piercings maybe not. But thats an equal protection problem not implicated by a ban on homosexual sodomy.