Yes. Lines have been draw in the sand. This unchecked aggression will not stand.

So this is where I get confused: Why does the NRA have so much money to spend on buying Congresspeople? There’s a lot of money in this country, I know, but I think I have trouble visualizing exactly how much the NRA has, because it seems to be more than other industries (is it more than tobacco had at their height?…

Clearly the Confederate side is itching for a rematch. It’s no longer pacifying to pretend they won apparently. My soul, it is amazing how deeply entrenched their beliefs are. Spanning generations of Confederates. These are not your American brethren folks, these are Secessionists -Confederate Secessionists. And the…

I noticed that: the consistent hitting on the ‘they,’ ‘them,’ and ‘theirs.’ It’s not just enough to call us leftists or progressives: we are a faceless, nameless horde now. This sort of dehumanization of the opposition, especially in regards to groups that employ force, is a red flag. And it’s going to get worse: I…

lol The NRA is not much longer for this world either. The NRA supported Trump to help lift sanctions on Russia so they could trade more arms.

I wouldn’t go so far as to call Trump the new Hitler, but it sure looks like the NRA is encouraging its members to be the new Brownshirts.

I have to agree. How you talk matters — and that does NOT mean just black people. Right or wrong, it’s part of the shorthand human beings use to figure out how they feel about someone else.

It’s all Reagan’s fault. His pre-Dickens worldview that poor folks are poor because they are lazy and shiftless caught on, and now it has spread like a fungus through the body politic. Now, 30 years later, these Ayn Rand cosplayers dominate the political landscape and spread their “just world” hypothesis over…

Just started Secondhand Souls. I love Christopher Moore.

So while language use is flexible and so on, and everyone can do what they see fit, the phrase hoi polloi doesn’t need a definite article before it, because hoi means ‘the.’

TACK. IT’S TACK. THERE’S NO “NEW TACT” AS A TURN OF PHRASE. GOD HELP ME. WHEN WILL THIS STOP.

(Otherwise, nice one.)

Why is it that on all other nights during the year we slap with either leavened bread or matza, but on this night we slap with only matza?

That entire family dynamic looks like: Will scolding George for some recent infraction, Kate adding a measured comment to diffuse or defend each or both and Charlotte gleefully (internally, except for expression) celebrating her sibling’s dressing down.

I have un-leaned in (straightened up, if you will) and I’m happier and healthier for it.

There was a really good New Yorker article a couple years ago about how a Supreme Court case on contraception called Griswald v. Connecticut was argued on the basis of privacy, not equality. When going to the Supreme Court, the Roe v. Wade lawyers decided to frame their argument off of Griswald and make a case for…

Ground Force! And the woman landscaper never wore a bra. It was a whole thing.

It had Charlie, the bra-less wonder, who always had to add a “water feature.” The host was Alan Titchmark or something similar.

restrict the use of accents and umlauts

When I am cooking dinner, I pretend I’m hosting my own Food Network show.