And what does Gregson plan to do for a living in Germany? He's publishes a London magazine; it's not like he's going to be able to do that in Germany. He was pretty clear last night that he couldn't really afford domestic help, so he must not have bags of money sacked away. I don't see this working out well,…

The Queen's grandfather was George V. (He had a beard, too.)

Oh, I'm sorry if I was confusing. I was agreeing with you that the Eton is not like an American university (as the article implies) and actually a high school/secondary school. I was just adding that, since it's also a boarding school, those in charge have some additional responsibility for the boys. It struck me…

Yes, and because it is also a boarding school I am going to offer that those in charge may be making a sensible decision. About half (or more) of their student body are boys who are not yet 16. The people who run boarding schools have to parent a bit. They are limiting it because they are trying to respond to a…

It is commonly taught because students rarely understand the idea of an introductory clause and they use a lot of sentence fragments. They write answers that read like this: "Because it was hot." They almost never write an answer like this: "Because it was hot, Bob wanted to go swimming." They usually can't…

I hope this dampens some of the enthusiasm lots of people have expressed for nuns in general just because some of them smacked down Paul Ryan's budget back in 2012. There was a lot of sentiment being expressed along these lines: "Oh, I think the Church is awful, but nuns are totally awesome!" Nope, they're not. …

But its author and other experts warned that the finding should not be taken as an invitation to drink during pregnancy. The difference was probably due to other factors in the child’s upbringing or mother’s lifestyle, rather than the effect of her occasional tipple, they said.

You are not alone. I live about an hour from Disney World and I know a lot of people who go there, or to one of its many incarnations, on a regular basis. When I write "on a regular basis" I mean like once a month or so. But then again I do not understand the adultification of Halloween or the way grown people can…

Kim Kardashian is a 33-year-old woman who has already made the decision to be married twice before, but Bruce Jenner is going to walk her down the aisle? I know the "walking her down the aisle" thing has all kinds of lovely feelings attached to it for a lot of people, but for me it's hard to separate it from the idea…

Did they at least stop at a Waffle House on the way to the station?

But did you at least get one of those jamocha shakes before you had to leave? Because I love those things.

While I'm sure that this statistic is probably not completely accurate, there are men who don't watch porn. I get that Jezebel's readership is very young, but as a middle-aged person I interact regularly with people who really don't watch porn. Mock away.

I think the prosecution often fails when faced with private defense attorneys instead of overworked, underpaid, and under-appreciated public defenders.

Yes, A/C is not required. We all did without it for generations, some people still do, and it was by no means universal when I was growing up here.

Since you were a public defender (albeit for appellate cases) do you think these "trials of the century" mislead the public about the balance of power in the courtroom? It seems to me that, most of the time, the defendant is battling a prosecutor who has access to many, many more resources. When people whine that…

If he is found guilty of manslaughter (or second degree murder) he will be remanded into custody immediately. He will not be out on bail while waiting on an appeal.

But wait — I'm a widely read book snob, and I wander into trash with wild abandon! I read The Da Vinci Code and I just read a ridiculous book called Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan. Both trash (albeit the former was more entertaining than the latter.) My only beef is when people want to defend fun reads as…

Books. If you are an adult who thinks J.K. Rowling is more than just a fun read for kids then I'm right there judging that unrefined palate.

Okay, Born in 1962 here so basically a Boomer (depending upon which set of dates you use.) It was already ruined when we got here. Remember that whole Vietnam War thing. The Boomers fought in it, but the "Greatest Generation" started it. Same with Watergate.

The original article was not my concern. There are many judgmental comments being written about pads vs. tampons. Calling pads a "diaper" is one example. I'm not picking on Goldenrae. I was just trying to communicate that one's zeal for tampons doesn't mean that anyone who doesn't choose them is somehow not even…