1 of the many brilliant parts was Smigel having a laugh escape and starting over because he knew that joke was so good as he thought of it.

I just watched Janelle Monae ramble nonsense at the Women's March, so it's nice to know that artists can be unapologetic about their beliefs and art but in a constructive and beautiful way. That was great.

Animated feature: I'm fine with all of those! No strong contenders from traditionally snubbed territories like Japan, South America, and eastern Europe.

No justice!

I wish her luck, and you! Be well.

I apologize for not digging deeper, and I'd love to read your thoughts, as well. I mean that both just to take the temperature of the public, but also to hear what anything interesting or unique. So, make time if you can!

Why? Because we just care about the kids and the country. In all of this exhausting, if necessary, political stuff, I hope people remember that. Be well and prayers up for a good year for you!

By any measure: inequality in outcomes, failure in spending with regard to outcomes, PISA/TIMSS, it's a failure.

Naw, I worked in government, then lobbying, then foundations, and now raise money and work with kids (not teaching) in the best voucher school here in Wisconsin.

I can accept that as an impasse. I have to run, but thanks for talking and listening.

No. Teasing the non-existent Republican A.V. Club contingent.

Hey, thanks for the conversation, truly. (I'm from small town/rural Wisconsin Rapids: excellent K-8 Lutheran school that got me to the Ivy League and a pretty good public high school where my mom worked as a special education teacher.)

That experience is hopefully instructive to all people for "who watches the watchmen?" Legitimately, look it up, it was torpedoed not as "anti-accountability," but out of a lack of trust of who was doing the enforcement. (I'm in Wisconsin, where the superintendent of the state hates us and where we were in The Wall…

1. Sorry, as stated elsewhere, I'm not a fan of her in this role.

But, like, WHY? You think that her master plan and a way to get votes is to give, basically, a private school tax subsidy to upper-middle class families who either stretch to make sure their children can attend private schools or wish that they could?

"and offer a voucher system for charter programs that emphasize Christian education."

The "well-heeled" students went to charter schools in Detroit? Is that your assertion?

I was responding to the "why." She doesn't even want to do that. If you think it would happen, regardless,

Wow, wow, wow. That is crazy.

What are you on about? I feel like Democrats try to characterize every Republican they don't like the same way. She's done the exact opposite of what you said, even if you think the results have been disastrous.