And subscribe to a good newspaper. (Remember, it’s local newspapers that keep local politics in check.)

It may be that we are the beginning of the next populist movement in which the people elected serve us at the expense of themselves and we get nonpartisan redistricting commissions, meaningful campaign finance reform, a return to strong anti-monopoly policy, and some goddamned common decency.

I share your frustration, but the very reason we’re frustrated is the reason it will never happen: we have no real recourse and legislatures are disinclined to give us any.

The DNC has been getting shellacked. The top-down approach has gotten us into this mess. The DNC needs to figure out what it used to be — anti-monopoly, pro-labor, and pro-civil-rights, because it was fundamentally about decency and fairness to people — and figure out that those old planks address much of what…

They get a pass when they make a joke at the racist’s expense. They get a pass when the racist is thought to be joking but turns out to be serious and (1) other characters express chagrin/admonishment at the fact that the racist is run amok and (2) the racist gets a comeuppance.

It’s a matter of principle. The asshole this asshole voted for is not a friend to the working class in WV or anywhere else. If the Democrats want to harness the new progressivism they need to stand up for it, cut this guy off, and back another candidate. One that supports a strong safety net, because they need it. One…

Because it would have a chilling effect on the legislative branch. What is unconstitutional is not always so clear; if it was, Supreme Court cases would be trivial formalities. Lawmakers would be afraid to propose any legislation that a legal scholar more clever than they might craft an argument for…

Defend him?? Screw that — replace his ass. Support a new candidate.

If you’re referring to the similarities in the performances of Kingpin and Saw Gerrera, I might never have made the connection myself but it’s apt.

You aren’t missing out :)

It would have been more interesting if you’d picked at CAFE less and developed your alternative more.

If they’ve gotten 30% more efficient and yet mileage hasn’t improved, how is your proposal useful at all, when your proposal won’t even measure it?

Watch a John Malkovich movie in which he attempts an accent and nobody else’s accent will ever bother you again.

Hi. I’m doing this because “bonus material” gets people to buy the movie and this costs nothing to make because it’s done while we’re waiting for something between shots on principal photography.

To think that Thor is now a former New York real estate mogul serving time for... whatever it was they actually ended up getting hard evidence against him for...

Yes! I think it might get less weird when he’s more practiced and it comes more naturally — then he’ll sound like a rich urbane American at ease with himself and not a bootstrap-American with a chip on his shoulder being very careful not to say the wrong thing in the wrong way.

The anti-abortionists’ point is that the soul that hasn’t sinned must take precedence over the soul that has.

I think one would need to establish intent, i.e. that they know it is unconstitutional, and that would be a very difficult thing to do.

Thanks to Drumline — band nerds for life! — and Love Don’t Cost a Thing, my first experience with “this is just a remake, why isn’t anyone mentioning this, am I the only one who sees it??” — I will always have a soft spot for Nick Cannon. He’s never not gonna be that guy.

He’s a lunatic in a dolorous mindset. I must admit some affection just on word choice.