In the 1930s and postwar period, unions and employers wanted to keep employer-provided health insurance because unions could negotiate good policies and employers could use generous health insurance plans to attract workers.

Then, in the 1980s, employers figured out they could make more money if they cut benefits,…

ACA does not affect employer-provided health plans, other than mandating certain coverage (hello, mammograms! goodbye, pre-existing conditions!). The “exchanges” are for people buying independent policies because their employers do not provide insurance. The companies you worked for just chose to buy shitty policies…

Well, I can no longer watch Tarantino movies. But, really, WTF? Are women and girls really that disposable?

They just sound like shitty parents. Being a parent has made me even more firmly pro-choice. You should not have a child unless you are willing to commit to parenting. It is not easy, and you have to be willing to put your child’s needs first. (My son is special needs, so it’s particularly true in his case.)

I know. I never get it. I mean, if you can adopt a dog, cat, or hamster and love it, why would you not love a child? Maybe we are just more empathetic than average?

We adopted both our children. (I was not that interested in being pregnant or passing on my autoimmune-disorder genes.) People always comment about how wonderful/heroic/whatever my husband and I are. I always say, “Nope. Their birthmoms were heroic. We adopted due to a selfish desire to have kids.” IMO, parenting is…

The Fresno Bee just raked Nunes over the coals in an Op Ed, so who knows? He might be vulnerable.

Apparently, although Nunes recused himself, his staff continued to run/interfere with the committee investigation. I hope he ends up censured, at the very least.

Also, I have a serious crush on Ta-Nehisi Coates.

Was it cold that day? I remember it raining. Melania has a coat, gloves, etc. while Michelle is in short sleeves. (Also, I love Michelle’s “I give zero fucks” dress.

I had my students watch the SOTU for extra credit. Today, most of them complained that it was just boring. And they thought there were way too many standing ovations.

Last spring, my mixed-race, 11-year-old daughter was hassled by the Paris subway police for possibly being Roma. They refused to believe my husband that she was his daughter, even after he produced her “papers” (i.e., their passports). Eventually, they let them go on their way. I have a different last name; I wonder…

I can be one of those “oblivious smart people.” After meetings, people will say, “Oh, did you notice X, Y, Z? He/she was being a real asshole.” And I’m like, “Uh, what? I was thinking about this other thing the whole time.”

To my knowledge, I’ve never attended a sex party, but, then again, maybe I just didn’t notice.

I’m sorry? Are only rich people allowed to have children now?

I think it was NBC (not the NYT) that passed on Farrow’s story, so he took it to The New Yorker.

And, of course, Jez covered it:

During the election, everyone speculated that the older daughter Bristol was pregnant, based on pictures of her filling out over the course of the campaign (and Sarah not). Then there was this bizarre event where Sarah went into labor in Texas, got on several planes to fly back to Alaska, did not check into the…

It’s fabulous.

Evil is aging.

It seems like a lame version of La Femme Nikita.

Here’s my potential list of candidates: