That he has a child is also a huge consideration. Having someone else to love you besides your widower father is…better. And not raising your daughter alone is better. If all that shit seems like it is working, and loving one another—all three of you—is kickstarting the will to live in two grieving souls, why burn…

I'm with that.

150 years ago we were all killing each other. 60 years ago we had frequent lynchings and would've impeached a President if he didn't resign. Fifteen years ago we started a war that a whole lot of people just loved. These days we don't like that war, we have more people and laws on the side of social justice than we…

We're over a fifth of the population and around 32% of us identify as 'moderate,' half or more of those going for Bush and Romney. That's about 12 million voters that I think would be pretty easily swayed if there were a relatively liberal social agenda that still recognized their concerns around the abortion issue,…

I don't think the timing here is a fair question for anyone to pose. Because it implies that there's some degree of 'over it' or 'sufficiently mourned' that Oswalt might achieve, but these are myths. Dude is going to be mourning his first wife in some form or other for the rest of his life. No doubt his new wife will…

Everyone's got their niche slice of America they like to blame for the election. Mine is Catholics. We suck. Those of my brethren who proudly vote single-issue on 'life' are awwwwwfully adept at ignoring many other forms of life—broke women wondering how to raise this new child the Church 'cares' so much about, the…

They certainly are real. I live right across the street from a methadone clinic and my kids and I chat the patients up all the time. Hard fuckin lives, man. Some of the most tragic parts of their stories are the ways that addiction washes out all their other features, and how hard they have to struggle to be more than…

Easy, Elf. I'm not pretending that the many Churches are awesome on this subject, but let's not swing that anti-religious bat so haphazardly. I think the assertion that the majority of anti-trans animus is propagated by religion is especially dubious, given than most people are at least mildly uncomfortable with…

Raising an adolescent fucking terrifies me. So much raw energy in every emotional transaction. You don't have to be a dick parent to inadvertently prolong a culture of conflict. If your kid runs away, I'd imagine the 'did she overreact or did I drive her away' self-doubt never ends, even if they return peacefully.

Addiction tends to flatten humanity, forcing most stories about it to similarly flat, predictable ends. I found Requiem no exception. Two hours of rapid edits and extreme close-ups to simulate an experience I did not find illuminating, complicating, or inviting to empathy. I'll pass.

Makes sense. This is now the preferred promotion track from the House towards the Presidency.

Bless your optimism.

Have you seen anything else of his?

Michael, you are not the first cinematic Swedish Nyqvist I have mourned, but you're the one I'm mourning right now, and just maybe—sorry, dear Sven—you are my favourite.

Oh, right. That was odd. Seemed so easy to make that bit cool by practicing a few accurate, amusingly undercutting phrases. Also, easy to anticipate that mocking gibberish would not go over so well.

Can anyone tell me how to feel about Jamie Foxx? No complexities, please; just an unfair reductionist read will do nicely. I love him in things like Django. I have disliked a few of his comments—I think. His anthem at the Pacquiao-Mayweather snoozer was weird. I just want to think one thing and be done with it.

How do you know that shit? I've always assumed WW comics were always bought in bulk by their authors' rich aunts and nobody has ever read them. Are there worthy runs?

I myself loved everything in their relationship *except* the romance, which was tender and promising but rushed and undercoated, accelerated for requirements of plot.

I'm with you, subtlety, but don't jeopardize my allegiance over unwarranted Aaronofsky attacks. I fucking despise Requiem, but I'll cut a bitch to defend The Fountain. CUT. A. BITCH.

My biggest beef with this article's beef—besides the fact that I'm more interested in love than in communal chums—is that I don't care about Themyscira characters, as they exist only for Diana to have feelings about/conflict with; otherwise, they live on a nearly stakes-free island paradise, where their…