It's easier to understand left vs right positions on social issues if you consider leftists valuing 'equality' and rightists valuing 'purity.'

I understand what this is, but I don't understand why this is.

I like Naomi Klein for saying things that need to be said, but I think her ideas are more article-length than book-length. The ratio of public intellectuals to pundits is staggeringly bad right now, so I welcome her ideas and I'm glad they go some way to defining and clarifying the problems that are hiding in plain…

If you don't care who your fans are or where your money comes from, sure. But as soon as you set any kind of standard for your life, that filters through to the kind of publicity you'll accept being associated with.
Some people completely blow up over this. Bill Cosby's brand is 90% destroyed but he's trying to push…

They go everywhere, Melania wouldn't hold his hand afterwards

Chris Christie flavor Oreo: found unexpectedly on the beach, gums up your bridgework

No show is ever going to be pure enough to stand up to a 'No True Scotsman' broadside like that article. Ideological gatekeepers can never be satisfied.

There's a mystery monster, but I can't tell you about the mystery monster!
Stop asking about the mystery monster or being curious about the mystery monster!

It was a Cyrano situation.

Second-best use of the word 'hippopotamic' I've heard.

We call it the Semi Colon

Thomas Middleditch, T. J. Miller, or Zach Woods would ALL be a better Dark Helmet than Nanjiani.

Dammit, I already cut a hole in the bottom

And does she really know
who I really am?

She wants validation; for Dan to agree with her that this man DONE HER WRONG. Usually that's what a gaggle of brunch buddies are for.

It IS terrible that when you visit a page dedicated to the graphical representation of data they show you more than one chart. Jesus, NYT, we're just bloggers trying to post quick little news snippets, don't try to bring MATH into it.

Ah, the Brie that gets prime shelf position and nobody knows why

COMING SOON: a Groundhog Day channel, dedicated to bringing you GD cheer… all through the year! It's like EVERY day is Groundhog day, again, and again, and again!
BREAKING NEWS: Man drops toaster in bath after extended Groundhog Day Channel viewing

He's getting high on his own supply.

In case there was any doubt that Kenny G is the most boring man alive, he plays a lot of golf and his music is used in Hong Kong to empty stores at closing time.