This case seems remarkably hard to judge through the media. Either the hospital is right and she's being controlled or intimidated by her mother, or her mother is right and she's making a free and probably-not-wise decision to reject chemo. Of course, each side is going to slant the story to favor their side.

I, for one, welcome our female overlords.

I'm glad you suggested offering separate child care; I think a lot of parents (especially if they have to travel) would be frustrated by needing to find a babysitter for a weekend of wedding festivities. But renting a conference room, corralling a couple of teenagers to babysit a dozen or so kids for four hours, and…

Seriously? Nobody out there picks Slim Pickens?

I had the same reaction. I guess the author just wanted the parents to do a mea culpa first? Either way, it seems like the parents' actions, if not their mindset,were right.

It's not inside the museum , since the museum is closed until Dec. 2015.

Very confused how the possibility of criminal trespass charges makes peaceful civil disobedience less viable today than in the days of the Selma Bridge and Kent State, but sure.

"cake eating ass" is a phrase crying out for a hyphen

The Chappelle Show was such a font of wonderful, inventive insults. "Player Hater's Ball" remains a great sketch to mine for good insults.

"Fuck [Ann Coulter's] couch" will probably be the best thing I hear all day.

Well, gosh, it's not like he stole $10 worth of cigars or tried to sell untaxed loose cigarettes.

We should instead focus on the good police officers, the ones standing up and speaking out when their fellow officers straight up murder people on video.

On one hand, yeah, this is historic. On the other, now she'll be the first Latina to detain and deport hundreds of thousands of people. So, progress?

Sandusky got convicted and sentenced, and his wife is still telling everyone he got railroaded. So, forever?

If you notice, he's very careful not to say anything. His lawyers or reps (or wife or child) speak for him. The reason is the logic that led to the defamation suit filed recently.

If one of your only trading chips was nuclear weapons, and you were little loved, and people constantly tried to defect from your country, would you put one of those few trading chips in an underwater vessel designed to travel very long distances undetected?

If Cosby's words are "no comment," I don't see how this is the media's fault. The media has a responsibility to reach out to the other party involved, in the case of such an allegation. Cosby has made every effort to remain pointedly silent. If he has some exculpatory information, he's had an opportunity to offer it.

Thanks to the posters who corrected me on this point; I had thought (wrongly) there was a specific rule in place. Both prohibitions are de facto.

It raises some interesting questions. I think MLB would probably say they can use someone's history as a manager and player as a qualification for executive roles (and they do, all the time, with Joe Torre and Tony La Russa getting major executive roles as well) and that work history is a relevant and…

I believe that rape is seriously underreported and a very serious problem. However, I have a lot of problems with the construction of those studies. It may be that studies reveal that 2-8% of rape allegations are later shown to be false. It does not at all follow that 92-98% are true. That means that 92-98% of rape…