This is a point she should emphasize more. One of the things I find most compelling about Warren is that she used to be a “bootstraps” conservative, but she changed her mind after years of looking at the data. Once she looked at how most people ended up in bankruptcy (rather than relying on lazy generalizations about b…

“Please clap.”

There’s no question that a private plane is more comfortable than flying commercial, particularly if you’re famous enough that you might get approached by randos with no sense of boundaries. But if we’re going to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, we’re all going to have to forfeit some comforts we previously…

I’m a mom of two boys, 7 and 4, and soon to be one girl. First, I could not agree more with your assessment of monolithic “boy” identity. Kids, strangely enough, are people. They have their own personalities and those come out pretty early and STRONG. My two boys get along ok, but they’re so different and they have…

Not so sure about that. Trump remains unconscionably popular with self-identified Republicans. More likely than not, someone will step in to defend Trump and take their place as his successor. If they pay lip service to “civil discourse”, avoid social media, and use their inside voice, Never-Trumpers and Jeff Flakes wi…

Counterpoint - Join the YWCA if you have one available. I haven’t done exhaustive research on it, but it appears they’ve been on the right side of stuff for a long time.  

Oh, come on. Will no one partake of the low hanging fruit?

Oh my.  That is . . . not subtle. 

It’s hard to tell. I think it was probably this bad when I left 15 years ago, but social media was less omnipresent and people mostly just said horrible stuff over their kitchen tables to their equally horrible friends. Now, everyone gets to advertise how horrible they are for the world to see! What an age we live in!

There is no reason anyone should have access to a weapon that kills at a rate of 10 people per minute.

It’s such a weird damn answer, and the fact that so many candidates have given the same answer makes it weirder.

NPR is in the middle of a fantastic set of stories on Mitch McConnell. Most recently, they reviewed his fight with John McCain to avoid reforming campaign finance. It’s enlightening and terrifying and tells you absolutely everything you need to know about Mitch McConnell.

Word. I was out blueberry picking over the weekend and in a moment of sudden, intense tick phobia, I decided to wear socks and black jeans. I regretted it almost instantly as soon as I got out in the sun.

#caftangoals

WHY IS EVERYONE DRESSED LIKE IT’S NOVEMBER?!?!?! HOW ARE THEY NOT DYING!?!??!

I watched it. I’ll probably watch more of it this afternoon. I feel like it’s a “this is not normal” moment. It’s not that I think there’s going to be any dramatic moments or a groundswell of public support for impeachment. Most people don’t care and anyone who does care has already made up their mind. But, having a…

Exactly. It’s not really a traditional engagement ring, so I’m guessing she may have had her eye on something that could still be worn in the almost inevitable highly unlikely and totally unforeseeable event of a divorce, or if they never end up getting married. Maybe she let him pitch in some to save his ego. Maybe.

I feel like it’s a version of the Ben Carson problem — a person who is brilliantly good at one thing assumes they will be equally good at a completely unrelated endeavor, then demonstrates their ineptitude at that separate endeavor, tarnishing their achievement in what they were really great at.

Holy shit, this. I went to the game at Yale my first year at Harvard grad school just to see what it was all about. Well, it was mostly about 1) old ladies in fur coats and old dudes in those hats with their year on them having the help set out ridiculously elaborate tailgate spreads from their luxury RV and 2)…

I agree that shorts suits, in general, are not an aesthetic I can get behind.  But I give her an awful lot of credit for wearing a bold, declarative look that wouldn’t work on most people, but that suits her to a T. You can tell when someone feels good about how they look — they just glow. And major props to her hair…