Still a horrifying 84%, but that represents a slow and steady drop.

I did not know Bush the Lesser got down to 22%! Thought it had stayed at 25.

Correct, and so did Nixon. I think that’s about the level of the core constituency that’ll say they approve whether they really do or not.

Mine really show it too. It’s fun to joke about how they like houses or food better, but the real truth is, they LOVE us, and every person who’s owned by one or more cats does know it.

Also it just occurred to me I didn’t follow your rules.

Also it just occurred to me I didn’t follow your rules.

It’s of those who voted, a distinction all too often not made. To Mr. Bump’s credit, he is very clear in specifying “voters” in the linked piece, but too many journalists fail at this basic identification.

They’re a little pricey, but you may be able to find one at a locally owned appliance and repair shop (they still exist!) for as much as a few hundred less than at a chain store. And it should last, quite literally, a lifetime. They also provide something like a five-year warranty, rather than the one year most brands…

I miss when people used to dress nicely to fly, too!

A different point, but a real question as well. I don’t know either.

To me, it just seems like one of those areas where there’s still a sort of bottom-line standard—nicer than athletic wear—that both men and women are expected to reach.

What on earth has that got to do with anything?

Read the ACTUAL POST.

Basically, it seems that the majority of the dress rules are directed towards the female employees and their female children. United should really take a second look at the assumptions underlying this list.

So it isn’t the gate agent, but the policy that’s blatantly sexist.

Since the issue for United is the employee dress code for people flying on employee passes, I wouldn’t be mad if they’d made the dad change too. They have every right to require that people who work for them meet a certain level of formality when redeeming a benefit.

I’m into it!

Lot of respondents not reading the piece.

That’s true here in Santa Fe, too, a dry steppe climate. Obviously our regions require special attention, and it’s important for area residents to be aware of that. But most first-world people, at whom this is aimed, do not live in desert or near-desert climes. I think the article is fine as is, with the qualifier…

I come from history, the bad old days when all we had at school was a water fountain (or, as some kids called it, a “bubbler”) in every hall.

It’s TRUE.