That’s a point, certainly, but I rarely hear criticism of or reference to US military aid to Israel during the speeches (tends to come up more in news articles). Like I said, Israel deserves its fair share of criticism and I don’t think people are intentionally being anti-semitic. I just think it deserves…

I have plenty of problems with Israel, but as a Jew, it definitely feels frustrating that Palestine is the ONLY international issue that is ever given a seat at the table of intersectionality. Israel is just one abuser among many, but I’ve been to tons of rallies where pro-palestinian speeches were given, regardless…

Eh, probably hardly any. 139 million people voted in 2016. It’s not like everyone (or even every woman) who voted for Hillary showed up at the march. The high estimate for participation in the women’s march in the US was about 5.2 million people.

Yeah, I think JQM translates at first and then Jamie/Ian learn the language quickly.

People really weren’t living that far into the interior of the country yet, and Claire & Jamie definitely want to live around other people. The show is 30+ years away from the Louisiana purchase opening up more of the interior to settlers. 

In the book, Claire doesn’t want to move North because tensions between the British government/soldiers and the colonists start years earlier in the North than they do in the South. Soldiers were stationed in Boston starting in 1768 (the year the show is set) to enforce unpopular laws and the Boston Massacre would…

I’d be interested to know how many of the reps move their families and how many of the families stay in their district. 

Unfortunately this guy lives in a townhouse. I just moved into the same small neighborhood as him and I looked him up to see exactly how far away I am from him. 

ugh, steal it. 

Agreed! I got a participation trophy every year that I was on our local rec soccer team and I certainly never thought it implied anything about my own ability or achievements. I’ll just be over here quietly blaming Gen X and Baby Boomers for wage stagnation, turning all entry level jobs into internships and making…

She won’t be homeless. She’s had hundreds of offers from people who want to give her a place to stay and she’s said she’s figured something out. I emailed her campaign today to ask if they were looking for any staff members in DC and offered up a spare bedroom in my DC home if any of her transition staff needed a…

I also don’t have kids and love this column! You can definitely see how Daniel & Nicole would have enjoyed working together on The Toast. Have you ever read the toast? I die for the Two Monks pieces: http://the-toast.net/2016/06/15/the-toast-looks-back-the-best-of-two-monks/

He had his friend ask my friend if it would be OK to kiss me....

I turned down Jonah Hill in 2005. He had no game. 

I only like weird, minor celebrity sitings, so this is a A+ from me! Emily Yoffe was great and definitely better at parenting/family questions than Daniel Ortberg. However, I enjoy that it lead us to getting the “Care and Feeding” spinoff and Daniel is hilarious. 

In 2005 I was using the bathroom at a club. It had one big stall, and a sink outside the stall. I was just pulling up my underwear when Lindsay Lohan somehow bursts through the door of the stall like the Kool Aid Man. She is bizarrely accompanied by a girl I had known as a teenager. They are there to do coke and ask…

My stepbrother LOVED Papa Gino’s well into adulthood and briefly flirted with the idea of opening up his own pizza place. Can you even imagine?

My ex’s grandma died at 101 and was a huge basketball fan up until the end. The Celtics were her team because her husband’s family were Irish and her favorite player was STILL Larry Bird. I once saw a photo of her in blackface for halloween. Not dressed up as someone, just dressed up as a black person! So...yeah. 

I’m guessing Newark was bumped up because the train transportation is better and you can be in Manhattan much faster than if you fly into JFK or Laguardia.

I read that decent consideration was given to choosing a location that would have a built-in strong job market for the spouses and partners of the Amazon employees. High earners typically have similarly high earning partners. The Amazon executives didn’t want to leave Seattle for cities where their partners wouldn’t…