My mom is a survivor, and she's going to hate me for how hard I'm going in on ending this culture of pink.

Shut up with your "access to good health care helped save my life" malarkey. This is America.

"built around a fried-chicken-and-champagne conceit."

I used to read Riley growing up, wanting to be as talented a writer as he. I ended up not writing about sports, but I have had to stop myself several times and start over, thinking, "this reads like some bullshit Reilly puff-piece."

His parents probably didn't spank him enough as a child.

There's a hell of a difference between being a good speaker vs. being a good communicator.

They can ask?

Sporting events are fun.

Fran Crippen died during an open water swimming championship race in the UAE just a few years ago. The heat and conditions were so bad that a swimmer died of overheating while IN the water; I can't imagine the conditions in the region for those out of it.

"My parents spanked me and I turned out fine!"

Got into a heated discussion via twitter yesterday (side not: I'm a fucking idiot) with someone whose argument boiled down to, "well, what do you suggest as a viable, effective alternative?"

Not child abuse? What exactly would you call stuffing a child's mouth with leaves and lashing him on the legs and scrotum with a tree branch then?

"Say what you will about the Bible, but it generally does not advise that a person should be a raving narcissist/egomaniac"

I didn't have a timeout chair, but instead was sent to my room for usually 30 minutes or so. Those time-outs would stretch into hours because I was having fun drawing and drumming on my legs along with the radio.

"Today on Tone Deaf Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous"

You're right - I don't know hunting dogs, so I will leave that expertise to you. And growing up we used the "gentle leader" - type leash that wraps around a dog's nose on our rottweiler, which I guess is the same principal. Still, I'm not sure I think it's a fair comparison.

"Adrian spanks"

Yes now I am the ignorant bad guy because I don't child abuse.

Just a sample of the research out there that you can read for free:

I worked as a camp counselor for five summers, and I'd like to think I was pretty good at it. To your point, it was pretty easy to point out the most disfunctional cabins were also the ones with the counselors who were prone to outbursts of anger and yelling at their campers in moments that could have been used as…