“if he’s back to moderating a subreddit in a few years”

Literally nothing about USA politics makes me as angry as the human rights activists who defend the right of a rape victim to be heard, so long as the victim is not Broaddrick. It drives me insane that so many of the best progressives are unwilling to consider Broaddrick’s story. We have overwhelming evidence that…

Given how rarely a person gets to compete in the Olympics, this might have been a good occasion to use hormones to suppress the menstrual cycle. But I know certain hormones are banned from Olympic use (HGH and testosterone, for instance). Does the Olympic’s have official rules regarding what hormones a woman is…

I would be extremely happy of the south rose again and then seceded. The remainder of the country would shift radically to the left. Those of us living in New York would no longer have to worry that some evangelical extremist from Alabama gaining enough power to take away our basic human rights.

Recently my circle of friends saw a wave of divorces. I was astonished. Some of the happiest couples I know were breaking up. And eventually, I was able to catch up with some of the people involved, and ask them what had happened. I am hardly an innocent, but still, some couples really do seem happy. And then I would…

To be fair, this bit:

Unless you are pregnant or sick, why would you wear unattractive things? Men are rarely pregnant, so that leaves sick. To put such a large premium on comfort is normal and wise for those suffering an illness, but otherwise?

I’m sad to say that the only surprising thing about this story is that the man was jailed in the first place. In India, if a woman is of the Dalit class, it’s as if she exists simply to be raped. Although India has nominally outlawed the discrimination against the Dalits, every level of government and society…

Lobsters are believed to be one of the species that demonstrate “negligible senescence”. Other species included are tortoises and many fish, including koi. In fact, most of the species from before the Permian/Triasic mass extinction. Immortality might have been the default, but aging allowed sophisticated patterns of…

“one that teaches that “gender studies” classes will transform your daughter into an angry lesbian”

I agree that people are too harsh on Swift, but she does make me uncomfortable in a few specific ways. For instance, neither myself nor the public has a right to know what goes on in her private life, except for those things she choses to share, but once she shares something, the public does have the expectation that…

I am fascinated with the fact that all of us are at least considering the possibility of this being true. Because that is what we think of Trump: we concede the possibility that this could be true. I’ll point out that none of us would waste 5 seconds considering this story if it was about George W. Bush. Even those of…

I wonder where that anti-antibiotic sentiment comes from? I do get the rational fears of side effects that any reasonable person should consider, but both the government and the doctors work through the risk/benefit scenarios, and typically suggest antibiotics when the benefit outweighs the risks.

A suggestion: I loved the screening of the movie The Fits, and some companies, such as Meetup.com, make a decent amount of money off of organizing events. And some companies, such as TechCrunch, started life as a blog but then developed to the point where they now make 80% of their revenue from events such as…

When I was in Stockholm me and a bunch of other American ex-pats had a long conversation about this. Why did the Swedish royalty get so little attention in the USA? And we decided, in the end, that it’s the Swedish egalitarianism which has been out of step with the mood in the USA. The American infatuation with the…

If they are over the age of something like 20 or maybe 23, then they are all serial rapists. Adult behavior patterns solidify during one’s early 20s. Anyone who commits a rape at the age of 25 is probably a serial rapist. They won’t stop. They will keep doing it as long as they are alive and have the power to rape.

I saw this at the screening at the Gawker Media office, and I loved every minute of it. As soon as it reaches theaters I plan to go back and watch it again.

Wouldn’t Rachel Vorona Cote be able to go to the tech team at Gawker Media and ask “Does the user with nick ‘I’m Fart and I’m Smunny’ have a valid email address?” If yes, then Cote could simply use that to reach out to the user in question.

I would be interested to hear this explained:

“be led” is tricky. You are on safe ground if you write “comprised of”. But “be led” has a complicated history. You may have heard of The Anatomy Of Revolution, by Crane Brinton?