Exactly. Kailing and others on her writing staff (such as Emmy winner Tracey Wigfield) are great writers, but that doesn't mean that they feel capable of handling abortion in a way that they feel comfortable with. I mean the examples cited in the article were either "Very Special Episodes" or passing references to the…

Sure, Jackie Robinson is obviously a much bigger deal, and no one is going to be advocating for Michael Sam (or Jason Collins) to have their jerseys retired or anything, but don't pretend like you aren't intelligent enough to understand why people care about Michael Sam and why his short brush with the NFL was still a…

Why does every baseball team have a retired Jackie Robinson jersey prominently displayed in their stadium?

Seriously, wouldn't one assume that a reporter for Out Magazine was probably gay? At least the EIC...

Probably would make it more justifiable for colluding our way to a tie...

Houston's is mostly awful and overpriced, but gosh darn if their veggie burger isn't CRAZY DELICIOUS. I'm an omnivore, but sometimes I crave that veggie burger because its just so good.

This isn't just Canadian law. Most states in the US have similar laws. Depending on what happens, negligence is a mind state that can satisfy mens rea in certain circumstances. Typically if someone dies as a result of your negligence you are going to be prosecuted for criminal negligence.

OMG I always feel like a demon is trying to steal my soul when I get too high too!

No, the whole point isn't whether you find her attractive or not. Body positivity exists outside of that. She's not demanding you be sexually attracted to her as that would be insane given everyone has their own sexual tastes. You shouldn't have to want to fuck a woman for her to have value...

Honestly, I never saw religion come up (or at least be tolerated by the teacher for any meaningful amount of time) in a school setting until I switched from a public school to a fairly liberal private school for high school. Since our school was the only non religious private school in the metro area at the time,…

Actually enjoying tomato aspic has to be a highly recessive trait not passed on to most children. The mere thought of savory Jell-O makes me shudder...

I agree they are being shady here (and punting) and politicization of judges is bad, but they aren't really supposed to go in and rule on a question they weren't asked to answer. There were two parts of the law, the lower court only dealt with one of them, the Arkansas Supreme Court is supposed to remand to the lower…

Well the problem here is that shit is ripe for abuse. Since most people could do the non-artist jobs in the entertainment industry (agent/manager, producer, development exec) the main way to work your way up is by being someone's assistant. While these positions pay nothing, are mind-numbingly awful, require lots of…

THIS. I know celiac people and I know people who may actually be gluten intolerant (and not celiac), but as someone with a lot of self-diagnosed gluten intolerant friends, I can't even tell you how many times I've had to hear about said gluten intolerance while we were both drinking beer.

Depends. Agent/manager assistants who have to deal with a little of this crap from their clients (although not anywhere near the same level as the personal assistant) get paid like $10-20/hour. There's less of a going rate for personal assistants and a lot of it's going to depend on how cheap the celebrity is but…

I just fly a lot/follow the airline industry. When you spend a lot of time in airports you learn all the tricks...

No you are right they only put the fancy Global First lounges in airports that actually have Global First service (except JFK, from which United only serves LAX, SFO, and DC, and LAX/SFO used to have First/Business/Coach, but now only business) but even so, you need an international first class ticket to get in,…

Depends on where he was going. A lot of markets are served only by all-coach regional jets. Also, if he wasn't flying internationally, regular domestic first class gets you squat in terms of lounge access. So if he wasn't flying international first class or international business class w/ Global Services status (and…

Out of curiosity, what makes Mothers' Day particularly terrible as compared to say Valentine's Day? Is that at least Valentine's Day is only adult couples (as opposed to the entire brood) typically limited to a set menu so theoretically it's fairly mechanical even if its crowded and hellscapey? It makes sense, I've…

You do realize that the stupid insane fares airlines charge premium passengers allows them to charge more reasonable fares to those in coach right? Trickle down economics is mostly bullshit, but here it actually has a direct effect.