Yet another instance in which the PR people need to step up and say, “Guys, I’m going to be completely frank with you: we have zero credibility on this issue. Anything any of us say on this is going to backfire and make us all look like bigger assholes than everyone already thinks we are. So here’s the deal: when…

I “met” her as an undergraduate at Cal. Our class was reading The Left-Hand of Darkness and the professor brought her in to talk to our small section. He introduced her as the daughter of the man for whom Kroeber Hall on campus was named. Her father, Alfred Kroeber, had been the primary researcher of Ishi, the “last…

I basically agree with you, but Edgar’s election should be determined on his merits, not on voting procedures. If 75% of the BBWAA in any given year believe he’s HOF-worthy, even if each one of them believes he’s only the 11th most-qualified that year, he should get in along with the other 10. You and I would believe…

The three things that need to happen here to eliminate the controversy: (1) BBWAA needs to make their ballots public, (2) the HOF needs to man up and just state categorically who is off the ballot due to PEDs, (3) and the ballot needs to be unlimited.

I refused to allow my two youngest children from ever attending Mass for the same reasons Shawn Johnson East won’t put her kid in USA Gymnastics: as much as I knew the chances of my child being victimized by a molester were extremely small, I also knew that, when push came to shove, the Catholic Church would protect…

Gym Mom, thank you for your honesty. But speaking as a parent, your statement that “Gymnastics becomes the drug the girls crave” raises huge red flags to me. No healthy child should have obsessive focus. If something has become “a drug” your child “craves”, there is something wrong. Sometimes, the thing “wrong” is…

Yet another great day for the DLC and moral courage! Wow, I bet Chuck Shumer and Nancy Pelosi will definitely lead the Democrats to saving America from all the damage the Republicans have done over the past 35 years.

No, Ginger; its an extremely accurate headline. You go fuck yourself.

You’ve got a point: guys like Tom Izzo focus exclusively on their area and not everyone is always prepared to speak publicly about every issue. But you’re giving Izzo way too much leeway.

So the Republicans will give the troops NFL football (which disrespects them, remember?) but won’t guarantee their pay? The Republicans hate the troops.

In 2018 America, a Nick Foles v. Blake Bortles Super Bowl is what America needs. Well, maybe not “needs” so much as “deserves” . . .

“somewhat abysmal first season”

The perpetuation of the myth of Trump’s amazing ability to negotiate is just about the most aggravating thing about our world today (and I say that with full acknowledgement of how many aggravating things currently exist in our world). Dude isn’t a good negotiator so much as he’s an exhausting negotiator. His sole…

I was kind of using the Koch Bros. as a place-holder for all the Republican overlords, but you’re absolutely right.

“Democrats introduced a bill to guarantee military pay during the shutdown, but that did not pass.”

The moment someone mentions the “air” in a political argument, you know you’re dealing with someone who is, at best, not serious.

No, that’s THE argument. In a negotiation where one side holds all the power and they fail to achieve their goal, that’s a loss.

While I absolutely agree with you that the blame for this lays solely at the feet of the Republicans, I have so little faith in the current Democratic leadership that I’m convinced that Trump will be able to use this to great advantage in the upcoming mid-term elections.

“The relationship between player fans and team is irretrievably broken.”

Short answer: Tonya Harding deserves no sympathy for her behavior as a part of the Kerrigan affair. She does deserve sympathy for being raised in a shitty environment that, at least in part, formed her shitty adult decision-making. But, not to go all Republican on this, many people have overcome equally shitty or even…