Good leaders want people with different perspectives, people to tell them no (Remember in West Wing when Bartlett hires that southern conservative woman to work for him, just so he hears a different take on things?). Bad leaders want yes men who will validate them. If you look at the history of WWII, just as an…

The Biden campaign needs to make that their new campaign slogan, instead of whatever they have now. 

I thought Joe Biden was remarkably well prepared and whoever they got to act as Trump in the debate prep did not dial it back. It’s basically attempting to deliver a work presentation with someone constantly shouting at you and interrupting while your boss, who is supposed to take control of the room, is essentially a…

I mean, I’m not exactly an unbiased source, but how can anyone watch what happened and think Trump didn’t get to talk. He constantly interrupted, and half the time the reason he kept getting cut off was because he wasted his allotted time with name calling and other such bullshit, like when he spent his entire 2…

Yeah, I hate how gifts have become like your ticket to the wedding. Just like any party, if you’re going to throw one, you should be comfortable with people just attending, eating your food, drinking your drinks, and not contributing a cent, because the point is to celebrate with them and their presence is what should…

McSally will certainly lose her seat (she’s trailing Kelly by 27 points), and as a special election, Mark Kelly would be able to vote as early as November 30th. If we can hold out till then, a fourth Republican won’t be need.

It’s almost a certainty now that Mark Kelly will beat Martha McSally in Arizona, and because it’s a special election, he can be seated early. So that brings the needed republican votes down to three, if they can hold out until Nov. 30th. I do think Romney will break against McConnell on this one. I also think Cory…

I actually think they can be counted on in this instance, and it’s a pure benefit/cost calculation. Murkowski and Collins come from moderate states. Moderate/Independents generally don’t look too kindly on politicians engaging in blatant hypocrisy. Collins is facing a tough reelection (she will likely lose), but…

I actually don’t have nearly as much of a problem with people saying “we prefer cash, but if you want to buy a traditional gift, here are some things we’d like,” but the entire idea of a gift is that you’re trying to offset the cost of the couple hosting you at their event -- not to preemptively pay for the wedding.…

Yes, this is exactly how I feel -- like the fact that she wants a wedding means she should have one at any cost, and people around her should just be happy to throw in for it. I haven’t made my feelings particularly well known to most in the group, so I don’t know how other people feel, but I feel weird and gross…

I actually am not sure. I gave them an engagement gift, which I feel like covers me just fine for a wedding that is apparently costing them nothing. We’ve also all been asked to bring a dish to the wedding so they’re not paying a catering cost or anything. I will probably leave before the reception though, just…

My friend is got engaged about a month ago and is doing a similar small outdoor wedding in October. Except, it’s pretty clear they can’t afford even that. They’ve been asking people to pay for the cake, the food, the groom’s suit, and a variety of other basic wedding things that I feel like you shouldn’t be asking…

I had this exact situation and I did it willingly. Around April, I moved back in with my parents (30-40 min away just like you). I own my place, so it wasn’t like I was completely giving up my place, but being in the city, living alone, was just become depressing. My sister had temporarily moved back home to my…

Just an FYI since you asked about history classes -- I was born in 1986, our US history classes concluded around the end of the Vietnam war, our World History class concluded at the end of the Cold War. My friend is a high school social studies teacher, her curriculum concludes with September 11th/War on Terror. The…

My high school did 2 years of World history, 1 year of US history, 1 year of US government (in that order). I thought that was a really good way to lay out the social studies curriculum, and people who graduated from my high school got a pretty solid foundation in world history. Now, my high school boyfriend went to…

Yeah that’s the part of the article that I am not really super concerned about. I’m Jewish (and was a history major!), and I’m not even sure that until the last couple years I could have accurately said 6 million for the number of Jews killed in the Holocaust. If you asked me how many people, total, were killed, I’d…

I remember Dan Savage, a long time ago, making some comment about how saying “I’m not attracted to gender but to who people are on the inside” (or some similar BS) is so insulting to everyone else, it makes it sound like hetero or homosexual people are running around literally making their dating and relationship…

And you can always anticipate when someone is behind you? You’re never like, listening to music on headphones, or distracted? No one ever suddenly comes up behind you? Wow. That’s some skill right there. I applaud you. Where I live, there are parts of the sidewalk that are so narrow you would have to significantly…

Hmmm maybe experiment with different fabrics, or potentially masks made for exercise? I have a mask specifically for cycling, and I do find it gets less hot wearing that than the disposable surgical masks. Good luck! 

I’ll just say, just because no one approached you does not mean no one had a problem. Generally speaking, if you are absolutely sure people can easily get 6 ft around you without having to maneuver, and you’re outside, it’s fine. When I walk in my neighborhood though, I wear a mask because the sidewalks are crowded…