I did read them as you wrote them. The phrasing fairly can be read as referring to the woman about whom you were speaking - the subject of the story that was the entire reason for your comment - and I decided to point that out. I'm glad to know that you don't think that way.

"who can fault someone who believes — even if the reason is dumb — that she is protecting her pregnancy . . ."

This is not a tricky case, if the clause actually does say what the article claims (which is doubtful).

When you agree to the terms of a contract, notice of terms comes first, and agreement must come subsequently. Here, by the time you receive notice (by visiting the website), you've already taken the action which…

Racism in Bone?

They don't, but idiocy is spread more effectively by famous people. See also Jenny McCarthy; Donald Trump; Tom Cruise.

I like "orgasggeration." And that's not faking; that's just the equivalent of dirty talk.

I hate this argument. It's either saying that nothing can be held up to criticism and that everything is equally worthwhile and valid, or it's the counterpart to the idea that the best pieces of art make the most money.

"crafting a very convincing fake letter from the University of South Carolina"

False rape accusations are a real thing. So are badly-calibrated speedometers that lead to speeding tickets. And dogs sometimes chew up homework.

When you characterize "not thinking that knee-jerk fear and suspicion and stereotyping of young black men is an acceptable premise to a discussion" as "[a] far end[] of the aisle," do you mean that?

Any discussion of spring beers should include Bell's Oberon as the greatest warm-weather beer of all time.

He's slowly turning into Johnny Depp.

"Myriad" was originally a noun. It meant "a unit of ten thousand" in ancient Greek.

I didn't say they had to change their allegiance, but it IS possible to like a team and hate their QB/not wear his jersey/quit buying gear till he's gone.

Do they cheer for him and wear his jersey?

I was just thinking that. He must have meant Fujikawa.

I worked at a very small East Coast store. It was awesome, but that was 10 years ago. However, a lot of my coworkers are still there.

I'm willing to concede that my experience (and several of my friends' continuing experiences, ten years later) may not be representative. I worked at a very small, very quirky Whole Foods that has kept its character through hyper-regular customers and very, very long-tenured staff. I'd imagine that life in, say, the…

Not denying that at all, sailor. I just wanted to draw a distinction between the two companies. As you say, it's only currently that way due to Mackie's whims.

Whole Foods is super-anti-union. However, they do pay their employees, they have good benefits (including a pretty good insurance plan), have store-level profitsharing, and other things that distinguish them from the Walmarts (and Depots and Bed Bath and Beyonds etc.) of the world.