But K Thrace, he doesn't just choose the Malcolm X approach "sometimes"—he chooses it ALL the time, and it's just unproductive. One thing that leaders like MLK and Gandhi taught us is that, if you really want to win, if you really want to change a society's mindset, you can't sink to the same level as your oppressors.…

Ironically, Dan Savage is closely related to the conservative demagogues he hates so much, in that all of them are so blindly devoted to their respective sides that they can't conceive of a world in which someone could possibly disagree with them and yet not be history's greatest monster. Other people don't just…

@leeharvey, considering that my original response to @GhaleonQ:disqus specifically addressed the personal morality of our recent presidents, not their public policy, I absolutely stand by what I said. During the Lewinsky scandal, Clinton apologists like to use the defense that private life should be separated from…

Don't forget the bombing campaign in the Middle East toward the end of his presidency.

I kind of hated Another Earth, but that ending was indeed great. Almost redeemed the rest of the film for me.

See @avclub-b030afbb3a8af8fb0759241c97466ee4:disqus, this is exactly what I'm talking about. Why do you assume I'm more upset about Clinton's philandering than about Bush's crimes? *I* never said I was. You just assumed that my disgust with Clinton's private behavior somehow translates into (1) this all-consuming…

I'd say that he is personally worse than most other presidents, no question. Bush II was, at best, a screw-up and a dim bulb, but at least he wasn't using his power to get sexual favors from his underlings.

Do I think Bill Clinton was a bad president? No (at least not any worse than any other recent president). Do I think he's an utterly reprehensible person? Hell yeah. I don't see any contradiction there, but most other people seem to. Republicans: just because he's a jerk doesn't mean his policies were terrible.…

Does the author of this piece have an editor? Like, at all? I mean, take a good look at this:

Phil Nugent was probably too busy patting himself on the back for his oh-so-witty digs at Trent Lott and Lawrence O'Donnell to be bothered with little things like commonly known facts. After all, if he doesn't humorously skewer these jokers, who will?

Please stop throwing your garbage into our dimension.

"We Woosters can face most indignities with forbearance and an iron soul, but young Bingo's Satanic indiscretions were too much for the old mustard to bear.

I was shocked to read that, too. But then I guess if you don't like film noir as a genre, the BEST FILM NOIR EVER MADE won't really do anything for you.

Just wait till you get to the last three episodes of BB season 3, @avclub-6c6094f256f51e83fe02bce6091163e7:disqus. If you think it's good now … oh man, just wait.

Dang, f&s, you've been wading through some pretty depressing stuff. I just read a few chapters in a Jeeves and Wooster novel.

Oh come on, no alt-text for that photo up top? It just screams out for one (no pun intended).

I love the expression of the guy just to the right of center. It might as well be accompanied by the Home Improvement "Huhh?!" sound effect.

Hell yeah, Lisa's Wedding. That episode is great.

Yeah, I don't really get how this is a Chris Brown outrage. It's messed up, sure, but he didn't make her agree to recording a single or a party invitation. It's up to her and her friends to work through whatever issues she has.

As long as we're confessing a shameful penchant for 311 songs, mine's "Beautiful Disaster." I just really like the bass line in that song.