I feel like a terrible human being because every time I look at it I hear “Rosa Parks, COME ON DOWN! You’re the next contestant on The Price is Right!”

“...the truth lies somewhere between “Live Free Or Die” and “Famous Potatoes.”—George Carlin

He is not “all Muslim people.” He is one person, in one tiny school district, in one tiny police district.

Based off this interview, I had to read it. Just got in on my kindle and loving the first chapter. I really needed a good book this weekend.

such a great god damn band.

I consider that to be an apt and not at all ridiculous proposition.

Second HRC reference to “when my husband was president.”

Actually, scholars have documented how environmental degradation has contributed to the wars and downfalls of several civilizations and countries over time.

In the broad scheme of things, over the next decades, he’s not wrong. But that response was so, SO tone-deaf. (Why not “yes, but we absolutely must address this shorter-term crisis too?”)

I don’t really see how the school is responsible here. In my opinion shit that kids get into online and on their phones is the parents jurisdiction. I teach in primary school and after umpteen fights started on Facebook (mostly involving 6th grade girls) we sent letters to the parents that the school would no longer…

This whole situation is fucked up, but the use of the phrase “desirable children” in the Times article, strikes me as being off. Wouldn’t teenagers or young adults been better terms? Just wondering...

I missed the part where he said he was a hero.