It’s because he spends all his time at home now, watching Fox News, and doesn’t encounter anyone with new ideas. Believe me, there are thousands upon thousands of people with the exact same story as yours. Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo ran a series several years ago that was nothing but emails from readers…

Consent is not *given* by a prior relationship, but a prior relationship can absolutely influence how a party to the case interprets consent. That’s totally legitimate. If you have a longstanding understanding with someone that a 1am text means that he or she wants sex, then it’s legitimate to say that you interpreted…

Honestly it’s better for the Cowboys AND Romo’s career if he sits for the remainder of the year, because if he comes back and isn’t very good, (a) they won’t get nearly as much if they try to trade him next year, and (b) his ego will take a hit if he sucks and gets benched.

There are two areas where the plaintiff is going to run into trouble in this case: First, issues of consent become problematic when both parties have a long-standing and pre-existing sexual relationship, because then you can really get into the weeds on what constitutes implied consent and stuff like that. Second, if…

They’re STILL doing it. What do you call it when, the morning after the debate, they write articles like “Trump, Clinton leave voters shaking heads after disgraceful debate performance?” (I made that up, but you get the idea.) This adherence to false equivalence still governs the way that reporters cover the campaign.…

It was a shame, quite frankly, the media went so hard after me when they heard what I said to Billy Bush 11 years ago. And by the way that episode of Access Hollywood had their best ratings ever, far better than anything that was on that night. And people tell me all the time that I’d be a much better host than Mario…

I just noticed how Melania looks away the second Tiffany does her evasive maneuver, as though she has trained herself to not see Donald’s creepy shit with his daughters.

“I bet she’s got a great pussy” = “locker room talk”

Most economic “growth” connected to new sports venues simply cannibalizes spending from other areas of a city. That’s why the studies commissioned by the teams/owners always study particular *parts* of a city, not the city itself. Well, no shit, the areas immediately around the new arena do pretty well! But that’s not…

And quite frankly, Mike has said a lot of things about the Bolivians. Fade to Bolivian, he said, which I heard about from a number of people. I thought it was a tremendous shame the way the media went after him for that, because the truth is that this is the situation with Bolivia right now. I had some investors from…

“High rate of speed = 10MPH?”

Or guess the name of a more famous teammate/singer/movie star. I’ve seen that done, and it is the deepest form of burn you can give an over-entitled celebrity.

Presumably the cops simply told him that they wouldn’t let him take the car unless they witnessed him paying for it.

Nah, the font is a giveaway that it is from that Fake Trump Tweets website.

It was GW’s “ahhhh” facial expression that sold the hug as a moving moment far more than Michelle’s “eh, ok” hug. If anyone was playing to the cameras and trying to sponge off of the affection people have for a much better person, it was W.

“Will Donald Trump’s performance tonight allow white people to keep pretending he can possibly be president?”

Incredibly well said, on such a sad day.

Baseball is full of old crusty “play the game the RIGHT way or we’ll bean you tomorrow” relics like Kurt Gibson, guys who freak out if anyone flips a bat or raises their arms or does anything the slightest bit joyous. Jose was one of the good ones, one of the guys whose love for the game made me optimistic for…

This is a Thurmon Munson-level tragedy for MLB, just absolutely traumatizing news.