Of course. That almost goes without saying. What is insidious and despicable is not only the kind of spin that these people put on a struggle that was primarily and justifiably focused on the civil rights of Black people, but the fact that they dare claim that they can speak for Dr. King. It is revolting.

Indeed. MLK’s entire life struggle, his magnificent words, everything he stood for and died for can be summed up in three words: Black Lives Matter.

Work should include lunch time. It’s called civilization.

Of course there are. And I have noticed that these days a lot of people in Mexico don’t have time for lunch. We are following in the American ways of obesity and diabetes for the poor and no rest for the weary. The good news is, you can always hit one of the many food stalls on the street (our version of food trucks)…

It is appaling that they won’t pay for your lunch time. What is this, Dickens?

It’s a matter of culture. The second job I had out of college, I was an executive assistant at a very small office in Mexico City. There was no one else. Still, I was able to take an hour lunch break every day. Half an hour when it was super busy. Nobody expected me not to. Everybody knows that it is entirely possible…

In fact, they do. They are the only vegetable that deserves that and worse.

I am currently reading Jon Krakauer’s Missoula, his excellent investigation into a series of rapes in this college town in Montana, and an essential primer about the state of rape in America. And what you say is exactly why experts claim that 80% of rapes go unreported. The intense physical trauma, the fact that most…

Where’s the cellulite? I want to see some cellulite.

Wait until you are 52. Until then, everybody STFU.

The one where you show up at the interview and everybody is super warm and welcoming, and makes it look like this is the coolest ad agency to work for, and the minute you get hired they turn out to be a bunch of incompetent psychos, and the place an utter madhouse not fit for a dog to work in. That’s when I learned,…

Colbert has been a steadfast champion to the soldiers. I'm sure Odierno was happy to return the favor.

He really is spectacular in the film. He lost 500 pounds but the character is there with incredible energy and focus. Too bad he gives bad speech.

Nice of everybody to jump on Lena Dunham's defense. However, I don't think these photos are evidence of relatively little alteration. They are still evidence of the insidious unreality of the female body image perpetrated by Vogue. And it is also evidence of what I have always suspected, that Annie Leibovitz is an…

Ah, chingá!

I wish the rest of Florida would follow suit.

And the worst part is, this is a city that one would think was made for bicycling. The terrain is flat and easy, and there are plenty of subways so that traffic jams and outrageously expensive parking lots, not to say lack of parking spaces on the street, makes driving a car a stupid option, at least in Manhattan. I…

It wouldn't be the first time in the history of US news coverage.

I consider Fargo my favorite Christmas movie.

@Seeräuber Jenny: I happen to be a Jew, who finds the obsession with kosher minutiae a tad beside the point. That's all.