It can be "not that hostile" and "unnecessarily hostile."

I think Big Love is generally considered on the outside, looking in, where modern "prestige drama" is concerned. But damn it if I didn't enjoy the hell out of that series… and Bill Paxton was a large part of what made it so good. He was largely the straight man to the nuttiness around him — and such roles are often…

For all of the complaints I could raise about the Soviet Union, their flag is not one of them.

OMG, Fluttershy. There's no "first world problem" more first world than this, perhaps, but I cannot tell you how it aggravates me when I don't get the sauces I've asked for. Because, it's not even at the level of "hey, you forgot my burger." With that, you place a call and get a free burger the next time you come in,…

Despite the fact that I think Punisher makes for some good storytelling opportunities, I've always sort of believed that if you wind up taking on a skull as part of your logo… you're probably on the wrong team.

All right. I'm fully aboard the Milo hate train — mostly thanks to the AV Club. He's even managed to drag down my estimation of Bill Maher (though that's Maher's own fault).

Dunno about "bad" and "good" here, but baseball, football and pro wrestling are all three fun. They appeal to different interests. The drawn-out, summer-infused, languid baseball (both in games and seasons); the stats and strategy; the stands and Dodger Dogs and, if you're tuning in from home, (always) Vin Scully.

Automatic Hamlet upvote.

Honestly, that doesn't sound great to me. Not saying that there's no way to tighten up football, but some of that downtime is valuable. It lets you digest, speculate, anticipate.

Fourteen minutes for Jeopardy! if you kill the awkward anecdote portion and Aleve.

I appreciate that.

I agree that Rand showed disdain for such things — she saw it leading (in part) to weapons of mass destruction and warfare and associated evils, none of which I'm particularly fond of either. She also, in her non-fiction writings, wrote about the magnificence of the Apollo Program, despite the governmental nature of…

But that's not what Objectivists believe. We don't think that a person shouldn't use something created by the government, even if we don't think it's something the government should be involved in creating or running in the first place. We all use government-funded stuff, all the time, and there's no good reason not…

If that's the case, then I guess I'm just disappointed. I've always been respectful to the guy and we've never had any kind of problem between us, so far as I know.

What in the world are you talking about, E?

I remember, not so very long ago, when the AV Club writers at least tried to tie their political articles into something having to do with pop culture…

About which part?

Welp, I defended this booking, trusting in Maher to take advantage of it. Based on this write-up (though I haven't yet seen the show; my wife and I usually watch together over the weekend), he failed utterly.

IMO, the key is this: The one topic they'll be forced to cover (and probably the lead) is the recent dust-up at Berkeley. This will open the door for Yiannopoulos to paint himself as a champion of free speech. Maher will have to pivot away from that asap, and get to discussing Milo's untenable nationalist and…

Yes, absolutely — the right soup can be a meal.