Did you even read it? It is not a “screed”. A screed is most often used as a pejorative, most notably a “diatribe” (i.e., “a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism”).

“LGBT rights”. I’ll never understand this. The same reason I never understood the push for an “Equal Rights Amendment” decades ago. We all already have the same “rights”. That word means something specific in our government, and it gets thrown around willy-nilly. The “right” for healthcare, the “right” to drive, the…

I lol’d at the “vocal fry” bit. Many of the women that report for NPR have vocal fry. “This American Life” had an episode about vocal fry, and ever since then I hear it all. the. freaking. time. Maybe their own reporters should practice more :)

No. I see that the people in San Francisco that cannot afford San Francisco should move to Tulsa. I’ll never understand why people think they have some innate right to buy where they cannot afford.