Oh man, my husband has a "John Smith" type name and he's vaguely ethnic looking, so the TSA look at him super hard. At 18, he flew back from a vacation Brasil with his family using his Brasilian passport (dual citizen) and got detained in Miami for 2 hrs. The sad fact is that when your name is Gringo McGringosen and…

My former boss was named John Allen Smith. He traveled extensively for business and his name was on every no fly/triple check search list in the world. He was a Limbaugh lover asshole who blamed Obama for this, instead of his lazy parents.

Kind of makes sense when you think about it. A name is generally easy to pronounce if you're familiar with it. People are generally more relaxed/trusting in situations where they have a decent level of familiarity.

They will become leaders because their joints will last longer and dexterity is no longer an issue.

You're an idiot. Africa is a massive continent with 89 countries and hundreds of distinct cultures and nationalities. It's racist, xenophobic and just plain stupid to make a statement that assumes that any one act or perspective could be quintessential "African" or should be expected because it is happening in Africa.

They do not sew.

Do they pay the sterling silver price, or the stainless steel price?

Is that really the best use of Valyrian steel? Since Valyria vanished no one knows the secrets to its forging (except dragon fire or something?). Seems woefully underutilized as a hooker shoe.

But he can put his name all over his shoes and sell them to someone for ridiculous amounts of money.

So tell it. Calling her "the victim" and posting a photo and a lurid description of her death doesn't commemorate her. She was a young woman. If you want to pay tribute to her, tell her story.

Oof John Green, that is some epic, Paltrow-level humble-bragging.

And yet again epigenetics is possibly the most important current field in the biological sciences. This, more than anything, supports the thesis that we are not tabula rasa, but instead clay to be molded (dunno the Latin for that...) It's amazing how much little things have huge knock-on effects in our lives.

Sorry to be that person, but: it doesn't change the DNA, it changes how the DNA is methylated, which is a modification of how the DNA is structured (i.e. whether it's tightly wound or not). THAT changes gene expression. However, the underlying DNA sequence is not actually changed. :)

At this point, wouldn't this be some form of double jeopardy? I would think that the Italian court system has some kind of protections in place for this.

There's no way the U.S. is going to extradite her (nor should they, the whole thing is bullshit), so Italy is basically just masturbating at this point.

I think we have to remember that many people who were taking Accutane were probably already more likely to be suicidal than the average person not in need of the drug, even before taking it, because of the damaging psychological effects of persistent severe acne. I cannot adequately describe how much my self esteem…

Hey Bill O'Reilly? What's your stance on government-funded birth control, and comprehensive sex education in public schools? Access to womens' healthcare? Planned Parenthood?

Hmm. I see. And Beyonce is the problem.

Erin, I will give you $15, a delivery pizza, and my firstborn if you want them - if you will PLEASE dismiss the false accusation brigade before they blow up the comments on your article. This is too good to get spoiled by that shit.

I am confident that Bundy's working definition of slavery is not entirely accurate.

why do racists inevitably compare themselves to Rosa Parks or MLK? This is so rich coming from a dude who was caught on video defending slavery.