Honest question: Is there anything meaningful that the government can do with these findings? Goals-oriented Federal spending would seem to be the ACLU’s end game, but I don’t know the extent to which Federal funds influence which projects get made, what the process of getting that funding is, and what the politics…

Yeah, I can understand the reasoning behind Harvard’s rule, but how hard would it be to carve out an exception so that single-gender clubs that don’t primarily seek to perpetuate exclusionary old money networks can still exist? E.g. Single-gender clubs can exist, but they must apply for university recognition, meet…

Who would Jesus service?

Yep. As an attorney, I’ve found that a client’s willingness to pay is directly proportional to how liberal the client is. My Bernie supporting clients pay early and usually pay more than I billed (along with a thank you note explaining that they paid extra on purpose). Most of my Republican clients are awesome about…

Sadly it will probably prosper because of this. In the olden days the PR would result in a Fox News gig, book deal and other Joe the Plumber hijinks. Nowadays Trump will bring him on stage at his rallies, call him a great American, secure him a position within his corporation or perhaps (God forbid) his cabinet.

Counterpoint: Black Lives Matter is just plain common sense. The radical GOP’s decision to stand in opposition to common sense in the name of perpetuating their bullshit culture wars and stoking racism for votes *is* partisan, but that’s where the partisanship begins and ends. It doesn’t change the fact that Black…

There are plenty of PACs available to help white guys, though. (They’re not white guys only PACs, but white guys can get $$$ from them). I’d feel differently if women, POC and LGBTQ people’s underrepresentation in politics didn’t lead to some godawful public policy that disenfranchises those underrepresented…

Swift seems like an ingenious businesswoman first and a competent artist second. She’s highly brand conscious, attentive to minute details, and interviews suggest she has a lightning fast left brain that’s whipped her also-active right brain into submission. Anyway, who knows where the music business will be 20 years…

Nuance, Julianne. Nuance. He loves Hispanics for this:

We might get one in 2016: Hillary Clinton 3.0. Kind of like Hillary Clinton 1.0 except quicker to distance herself from Bill.

So here’s my conspiracy theory on this: Taylor Swift is Becky with the good hair. This look is her attempt to ensure that no one will associate her with the term “good hair.” And of course she’s distancing herself from “good hair” in her trademark (probably literally trademark) anything-worth-doing-is-worth-overdoing…

If anyone understands what it’s like to be voiceless in this society, it’s the guy who owns his own media empire.

A lot of them haven't been around long enough to know the American Dream rhetoric is mostly a crock of shit.

My best new job advice - which is generally the best advice for life that I’ve got - is to find the nice people, offer to help them out whenever you have a few minutes, be a good friend and supportive colleague to them, point out the good work that they’re doing to others. They’ll help you when they can and might take…

First and most importantly:

There’s a part of me that’s glad the primaries take so long — it gives the candidates time to spend in each state (and familiarize themselves with the communities’ needs/listen to residents/contribute to local economies/build relationships with downticket candidates), and it allows non-household name candidates some…

Let’s be real. If Hillary was a man, she’d have had the nomination locked up in 1992.

Conspiracy Theory Alert; tinfoil hats are advised: Even if there is a contested primary, Trump will come out the victor. The GOP wants a contested primary where Trump emerges as the victor because it makes the billionaire tycoon with international household name recognition and probably the most media coverage in…

Based on my observations of the world, if we're looking for people who will pursue a progressive agenda, the available talent would be 60+% women, so guys (white guys in particular) would still have an advantage. (I'm a white guy, for whatever it's worth).

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