Did anybody else find that headline really confusing? I thought the dog was terminally ill.

What are you talking about? I'm expecting people to follow social norms. I specifically said that an exception should be carved out for people who face health dangers. Incidentally, this is the restaurant's choice whether to accommodate; the ADA does not require that every place of public accommodation provide…

Sounds like it's probably for the best. If you can't behave yourself in an establishment, you shouldn't put yourself in that situation. If you're planning on bringing your own cooking to a restaurant, then yes, you should probably stay home and eat it there.

I don't know what type of restaurant they are going to, but there's reason to assume it's somewhere between a mid-range dining establishment and a higher end, special event destination. I can't think of a single restaurant in my city - Boston - where the staff would not be insulted by patrons bringing their own food…

I'm starting to wonder if the US's most recent global export is arch conservatism.

My sister confronted me this Rosh Hashanah at dinner to tell me I looked fat and needed to go on a diet, then offered to pay for it. It was done out of love.

My favorite way to get together with friends is to entertain people at my home. Take a cooking class, read some Martha Stewart decorating tips and host an open house style party. People are more forgiving about you being less social on other fronts if you're often taking the social host role.

I'm curious what kinds of restaurants you've worked in. My husband has been a chef for 15 years. He's fielded any number of bizarre requests and worked with every allergy and diet fad, and while he might be willing to plate outside food, he would see such requests as rude and inappropriate.

Agreed. Everybody described a troubled girl who appeared to have suffered major trauma. She was also a reluctant victim who did not pursue official channels for justice, nor appear to want to go public with her story. Eardely's decision to make her the centerpiece of her article is irresponsible at every level.

I got the chills

I didn't get that, either. Eardely didn't mention that Jackie feared reprisals from her friends, so I don't understand why she wouldn't speak the witnesses who could testify to Jackie's appearance, demeanor, and how they came to meet up on the night of the alleged assault. The discrepancies between Jackie's account…

It's also a sentence fragment.

"I've given two reasons: we already have a criminal justice system, and I don't think universities are good at this (which should be reason enough)."

If schools don't have power to adjudicate in these student conduct hearings over behavior that includes criminal, violent, sexual actions, how are they to protect the students who are victims of these crimes as well as the rest of the student body? Are they barred from dealing with any criminal violation, such as…

I don't think you understand that these are separate, independent processes. If you have issues with the way that school conduct boards operate, than your issue is with the due process afforded therein. The 2011 dear colleague letter explicitly states that colleges must adhere to due process in Title IX cases, and…

1. A school conduct board reaching a different conclusion than a criminal court doesn't raise any questions. Criminal courts and federal courts operate under entirely different standards: the rules of evidence are completely different, the structure of the process is completely different, and most importantly, the…

Why? What in this article suggests that institutions can't both discipline students and cooperate with the police, particularly in light of federal guidelines outlined in Clery Act and the 2011 Dear Colleague Letter. http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/… A student isn't going through the conduct board's disciplinary…

He's a chef, so he doesn't get home until around midnight. We have pretty limited time together and this is our way of bonding. Plus if I don't eat after 6, I'm ravenous by midnight.

My husband and I definitely help each other gain weight. I tried battling the weight loss on my own, but just wound up gaining more. My sister basically confronted me when our family got together and told me I was too heavy, and after I broke down in tears, offered to pay for a diet.

I think she's a rich person who's been insulated by her wealth and power for too long, so she becomes disconnected from the marginalized groups she would otherwise identify with - women and minorities. She identifies with the powerful.