It’s hard to imagine two people who are more complete polar opposites in intelligence, ability, education, class, etc. than Michelle Obama and Melania Trump. Ms. Obama could teach constitutional law, Melania probably can’t spell constitutional law.

This further messes up Deadspin’s pre-Holm Rousey narrative that she was so far outside the norm and dominant that she was completely unbeatable (see also, GS Warriors last year).

Whoever he is he had no business being on that horse’s back. Jesus, he has no goddamn idea what he’s doingup there.

Big Trouble because it has Puddy asking Andy Richter “are you going to help me or sit there like a fat stupid asshole?” Possible the funniest line in movie history.

On the grand spectrum of Christianity-based racism, sexism and homophobia, Mormonism’s is pretty benign, and even non-Mormon people who live in Utah will tell you that. My mother is the most Mormon woman who ever lived. But you could be the most militant black lesbian imaginable and you still couldn’t get out of her…

There are about ten Utah counties where Hillary came in third, some with single digit percentages (she got 11% in my beloved Box Elder County and 7% in Uintah County). I think there was a lot of moral posturing about never voting for Trump—and McMullin did pretty well in the state—but most Mormons pulled the lever…

I would slightly disagree on it being a “calling” in the way Mormons use that word (e.g., called to be a bishop, home teacher, etc.). It has a ruthlessly difficult try-out process and if you’re good enough you get in. There’s some choice in the matter.

I’m a recovering, sometimes bitter, Mormon but absolutely love MoTab. You will never hear a more serenely beautiful sound than the choir singing at the Salt Lake conference center, and the traditional Mormon hymns are the most moving (the CDs are good but you have to feel that vibration live to really get the full…

They’re a white boy jam band. I can’t imagine what ground you think they’re breaking. It’s for people who don’t want their music to be too interesting.

Nooooo . . . ! Memory Grove is . . . nice? But better than Tanner? C’mon, man. In summer it’s pretty good but, seriously, c’mon. And if you are in charge of a canine American and you’ve never been to Willow Creek Park up in Park City then you are derelict in your duty. The giant meadow is the reason for my pupper’s…

There is lots of peeking over the shoulder, no doubt, and much whispering in the ears. And you’ll get no argument from me on all that church and state shit.

How do guys who make millions of dollars a year not have the slightest idea how to dress themselves? Christ, dude. Pull your shit together.

Fair point, but getting marching orders from your neighbor Larry, who happens to be the bishop, is different than the president of the church issuing edicts, etc. Don’t get me started on goddamn City Creek. Let’s abandon the Gateway after, what, 8 years so that we can build another monument to a dying industry five…

The church only has influence on politics in Utah because the legislators, especially from rural areas—and there are LOTS of rural areas, are themselves Mormon. The church doesn’t issue edicts or directly influence politics like you think it does (with some exceptions). It’s not a constitutional matter, it’s just…

Shakespeare, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Saul Bellow . . . . The whole concept of “white culture” is incredibly stupid to begin with but, seriously, how dumb are you?

Sisters/twins is its own category of porn and the number of videos and sites dedicated to “mommy caught me fucking my step-brother” has exploded recently. The titilation of playing with the incest taboo is there in our psyche (even when it’s only pretend, as in most of the videos), probably primarily in men but…

I mean, who even cares at this point? International athletics is such a fucking joke that this is just noise. Wow, a kleptocratic, corruption-fueled shit stain of a a country like Russia cheated? OMG, what will happen next?

Jesus fucking Christ, she was an actress in a shitty sci-fy movie 30 years ago. Why are we treating her like she split the atom and cured cancer? The meaningless crap our culture gets hung up on is absolutely astounding. It’s a crappy, second-rate orchestral ditty that John Williams wrote in a half hour decades…

I guarantee you that Prince did not consider Madonna his musical or artistic peer, or very many other people in pop music for that matter. A bit of confidence or arrogance upon which he was absolutely correct because his talent was boundless. Stevie Wonder? Absolutely. Aretha? No doubt. Madonna? who does not…

Eh, ok. We can get into some semantic BS about “peers” and whatnot but trying to claim that Madonna is even in the same artistic or musical galaxy as Prince is laughable. Absolutely laughable. Prince is to Madonna as Picasso was to Andy Warhol.