Friends was one of the most profitable, highest rated shows on television for as long as it was on, and has consistently been one of the most (i.e., top 3 to 5) watched/streamed shows on Netflix in recent years, such that Netflix at one point spent $100 million for one year of streaming rights. I understand that…

If she wasn’t covering it “as a journalist,” what is the source of WaPo’s *obligation* (moral, legal, or equitable) to pay her hotel and security detail? Mind you, it’s absurd that she would receive thousands of death threats, and particularly for simply pointing out a matter that’s been public record for a long…

Great, they’re all garbage, therefore being garbage isn’t, all on its own, actionable, and we can get to the inevitable comparative virtue analysis already.

Hopefully Kobe’s recent comments about women playing in the NBA get more coverage, and therefore get more people talking about the possibility. 

“Best” is a matter of opinion obviously. For a person looking to cover this book reading, and who asks this kind of loaded, leading question (like setting out a mine field in interrogatory), a dodge, or non-scandalous response is probably... [insert sad trombone].

“That’s not something I’m equipped to answer, nor do I want to.”

“Dear John”. Catchy as heck to boot! 

Do you have more details about the facts of the case? I’ll admit that the handful of points about the evidence (or lack thereit of of) is compelling, but none of the things that are missing are indispensable or necessary to sustain a conviction. 

“This seems rather unfair and using artistic preferences to presume qualities about a person is messy as fuck.”

“tons of straight guys, no matter how good their education/job/etc. are not really all that smart, due in part to getting tons of breaks that women don’t get to achieve those educations and jobs.”

It’s gotta be tough to cover this Jessica Simpson/John Mayer thing—you can’t exactly make fun of Mayers’ intelligence or wit (or lack thereof) without impugning the intelligence and wit of the person impressed with Mayer. You can’t say that John Mayer was untruthful about his sexual chemistry with someone (or imply…

Yet another important reason to keep Republicans out of office, and therefore reduce their influence over the Federal judiciary: the ruling in Janus v. AFSCME was a serious blow to public sector unions—combined with SCOTUS decisions like the one that gutted the VRA, it’s never been more important to secure as…

I’m not a train person, but is there some big benefit to having some seats over others on the train? Obviously there’s a principle to defend here, but why would the employee want to reserve a seat in the first place? 

If we could eliminate refined sugar, corn, potatoes, and white flour from school lunches, it’d go a Hell of a long way to fixing some of these issues... the problem is that all those things are cheap and tasty.

The article doesn’t say who hired or paid the independent investigators, but assuming they’re on the up and up, the question should be whether the behavior by Dugan’s that is cited as the basis for her ouster actually occurred, and whether it rises to the level of being fireable. That one or more people have an…

“HE thinks she’s the best candidate, but he doesn’t think the COUNTRY is ready. I don’t think it registers with him that I find it insulting when he says this.”

You can still be deprived of a right if it’s a penalty for a crime... felons can’t buy or own guns, and that’s codified in Bill of Rights.

I’m curious as to what she actually did that she felt constituted “immersing herself”. I feel like anything short of literally moving to China probably falls short of what could fairly constitute “immersion” for the purposes of writing a Chinese pov protagonist.

Lord only knows Greece could use the money! 

“No word yet on what ‘relief’ might look like, but we have a feeling it’s more than an apology.”