“record eighth Wimbledon title, now, is”

Look, it’s a minor point and may even be inappropriate given the nature of the article, but saying categorically that “trauma never fully goes away” ignores the stunning heterogeneity of human beings’ responses to brushes with death and/or serious injury, and may give a reader the impression that trauma is a)…

This, to infinity.

Spaniard (from Madrid) here. Sorry to butt in, but maybe you’ll find this helpful. My answer isn’t meant to be snarky or condescending or sarcastic, but here it is: Barcelona “is very Spanish” because ... it’s in Spain. (I didn’t even mean for it to sound tautological!)

Nope. Until the separatists manage to claw themselves out of Spain, Gasol is technically - literally! legally! - Spanish. And, like, good luck with that. It’s more accurate in my view to say that he’s Spanish and, within that, Catalan. Or just Spanish and Catalan.

I’ve never called an elected representative in my life. I just did. I expected to have to leave a voicemail, but someone picked up on the first ring! This caught me off guard, so I stammered my way through what I wanted to say about the last couple of weeks, especially this weekend. Who knows if the congressperson I…

I don’t think I’ve ever made a Kinja comment, but this deserves one and much love, too. I’m neither white (well, fully), nor a woman, but I share your frustration these days. I have a lot of “it’s really easy for well-off liberal white folk to just throw their hands up and walk away” kinda days.