If it isn't a musical directed by Tobias Funke and performed by a cast of rehab patients, count me out.

Once people understand that Bernie Sanders is no more of a Socialist than the Republicans and feckless Democrats who’ll send us to jail if we don’t fork over half our money to support defense contractors with long and profound histories of misappropriating the taxpayer dollars that make up just about all their income…

The cornerstone of Bernie’s campaign is his opposition to big banks and their influence over American politics. Clinton was Wall Street’s senator for years, and both she and her husband spent their careers enabling and empowering the banks that Bernie wants to take down. If Clinton gets the nom, why would Bernie hitch…

That’s because Democrats are eternal optimists. They also think progressive voters can be persuaded by the Clintons.

“You’re a failure to your gender unless you do exactly as you’re told” is a trope that only gets pulled on women, so my guess is no.

Lupita Nyong’o, outstanding actress and world’s most elegant woman, plays a slave ——-> Wide release and copious Oscars

My conspiracy theory about Trump is that he watched the 4th season of “Arrested Development” and realized he could make a lot of $$$ by getting into politics and giving his company a government contract to build a giant wall between USA and Mexico. So far as Republican candidates’ hidden agendas go, this one isn’t so…

...Then the Chris Christie ad plays when the video is over and I’m reminded that I’m lucky but very, very afraid.

He proposed replacing all the sitting Justices with new Justices. He probably knows they have lifetime appointments. IS RICK SANTORUM THREATENING TO MURDER ALL THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES?

Another sad reality that this article appears to have neglected is that women make 75% of what men make for doing the same job, that the professions/professional circles that pay the most money are overwhelmingly unfriendly to women, and that women/girls are still socially conditioned to avoid economically competitive…

I’m a lawyer now and have taken some protective order cases pro bono. My recommendation would be for courts to allow pro se victims to have an advocate who isn’t a lawyer - e.g. a family member, friend, or someone who’s a part of a volunteer group of advocates - represent the client and to offer these advocates a…

With this detail now established, I foresee a lot of media outlets attempting to turn this primary into a Four Yorkshiremen-style pissing contest between old lady Clinton and old man Sanders over who had the most Dickensian childhood.

Not you!! I upbraided the shit out of Hugo Schwyzer and all I got was perma-grayed. The editors really need to get their act together. The commentariat is easily Gawker’s biggest draw and banning its best and brightest is (1) totally unnecessary, (2) like driving a stake through an ailing body’s last functioning…

The Jezebel/Gawker editors might want to take a hard look at how much of their business is driven by the community. I didn’t read The Post but had some reservations about bringing click-traffic to Jezebel when Hugo Schwyzer was on its payroll but ultimately came back because I like the people on here so much. With…

“shitty at being humanIST." Sorry. I'd like to say that "Jesus is my grammar check" but really I'm just a slacker.

Google defines humanism as an “outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. Humanist beliefs stress the potential value and goodness of human beings, emphasize common human needs, and seek solely rational ways of solving human problems.” This is a very…

Reddit’s business model seems to be “You create all the content, we make all the money." So if you're knowingly reaping the benefits of redpilling neckbeards' unpaid labor, doesn't that make them the suckers in the long run? If Redditors are as toxic as people say, I say keep on keeping on, you exploitative corporate…

Thank you for these links. I’m reading the first linked piece now. Earlier this year, Richard Rothstein at Berkeley and the Economic Policy Institute wrote a good report on the history of public policy leading up to current racial dynamics in Ferguson, MO. Although the report was St. Louis-oriented, most of it…

Speidi, plus all the couples on "It's Always Sunny."

I want to meet your mom and buy her a book. And alcohol. And some more books.