Just want to point out that nobody would have said this in 1982, which is the relevant comparison, and President Obama is quite wise not to be taking a more vocal public role at this particular moment. I have no doubt that his life is devoted to the service of this country in ways we can’t even begin to imagine, and…

To focus on Alabama for a moment: 98% of Black Women voted for Doug Jones over Roy Moore. 98%!!! Meanwhile, 57% of white college educated women voted for Moore. College educated!!! Over 70% of voters said that the allegations of sexual assault were not a factor in their decision about this race. So the fact that Black…

“Obama’s success as a normal and morally-sound president only fired up their resentment even more.” <- Just needed to quote this for emphasis!

I don’t mean to quibble but this is important stuff. Pinky was highly competent with no idea of what he was doing and no reason or planning involved, and Brain was totally incompetent despite trying to mastermind his plan. None of these people are like Jeff Sessions because Brain’s efforts were endearing given his…

For a long time my feeling was that the long-term solution involved more and more good people joining police forces, with greater racial and ethnic diversity. Now I don’t know what to think or what the solution is, if there is no way to build that critical mass of people who want to do things the right way. But I do…

Thank you, thank you for pointing this out. Could someone please write an article about this angle, because perhaps people who lack basic moral decency will be motivated to care about what is happening to their money:

The moment Sterling Brown was telling the man his name and the man was pretending he wasn’t answering the question, you knew this would be the outcome. The part about the moon/mars/venus alone should result in this man being fired. Completely unacceptable.

Why indeed did it take that many police officers to issue a parking citation? That’s an interesting question. Where did all these other police officers suddenly appear from, to handle the urgent problem of a car parked illegally?

It is possible that you might be a jackass, given your values and priorities.

Apparently David Rochlin thinks that the proper response to parking violations is to throw the person to the ground and tase them. Noted.

You are not wrong.

I wonder about that a lot. He must know a great deal about it and has chosen to lock all that down for a reason.

This is completely right. People are trying to boycott Netflix (yeah, right) because of some anodyne, cheerful plan for the Obamas to make shows with positive stories! Obama could be sitting in a grassy park all day surrounded by fluffy bunnies, feeding them carrots, and Trump’s people would find a way to blame him…

Totally agree with this. Everyone has failings, but some failings will breed contempt (the relationship killer) and others will be things you can get past. The character flaws you see now are also character flaws you will continue to see later. A person might be broke and partying all the time at 25 and settled down…

Make her quit smoking, and even then she might go back to it later. It’s not a small problem when you’re trying not to breathe second hand smoke for years, and protect kids from it.

Maybe people need him to buy that fancy aged scotch to drink while doing their white knitting.

Yes! Keep talking! Where are the think pieces talking about how she won?

After the Presidency, clearly the Path to becoming a Billionaire is to create positive storytelling content for Netflix, lol!

Agree so much, but beyond simply voting, these are the people who care about politics enough that we need them organizing, pushing for new candidates, helping register voters, and raising money. Yet these are the attitudes. I have no time for this; too much is at stake for these ridiculous white liberal Bernie bro…

Exactly. The same people who expect every magical thing from President Obama, despite the fact that his Netflix deal is still causing deranged people to insist on a “boycott” (lol), could be out there actually working to organize and win more votes. How many 19 year olds have you helped register to vote lately,…