I agree, however I feel corporate media is somewhat to blame because who wants to tune into station that is 90% coverage of purposefully incendiary programming and like 10% coverage of topical issues by rational and intelligent people?

If white people reflect on their own behavior and ask "What have I done?" that's a victory for this piece. I wish more people would take the time to reflect on ramifications of their words/actions.

OK, I'm a Texan, I lean toward the Tea Party, am pretty conservative in general, and I have read this book...so my $0.02. This is an amazing book with some great writing and just very good overall. I've recommended it to many people...and I think the vast majority of upper-class high schoolers could do OK with it as…

Well, you know what other book has hardship, rape, sex, violence, murder and incest in it? This one:

Such horseshit. "Faster, Denny!" I haven't cried like that at the end of a book since...well, since ever. We can always use more of that. I'm a high school teacher and I support the purposeful teaching of banned books.

I could see if we were talking about elementary, or maybe even middle school student. But seriously if you child is high school age and can't take in controversial material without resorting to the behaviors outlined in said material then you have failed as a parent.

Oh yeah. I'm man enough to admit I cried like a motherfucker at the end.

Before I begin, I am a Southerner. I find it ironic and interesting that it seems to me that perhaps 75% of the time anytime a book is banned its usually in either Southern states or Texas and other such places where a significant emphasis is placed on the "gubbermint getting too big." or whatnot- basically the whole…

Teaching children to speak truth to power is a dangerous thing that must be stopped at all costs.

Patrick - you are from Texas. Is it any suprise that parents of HP kids don't want them exposed to litature that portrays thier tax base as uncaring? It would be a very uncomfortable dinner conversation...."daddy...why do you not pay your employees a living wage?"

The devil needs that blood for RESEARCH.

The blood is stored in 666 bankers boxes? You're not fooling anyone Satan!

That's definitely the Bullshit from The Man what you're describing.

I didn't really specify on purpose to keep it vague, but the jobs where I was hassled the most about arriving on time were corporate jobs that required a degree and paid salary. Those were the jobs with 30 minute breaks where managers were needlessly obsessed with your time down to the minute, in spite of how much we…

I worked for three years in a ROWE environment. It was fantastic. You still had to be there for core hours (for meetings & such) but it was otherwise focused on results and no hand holding. A Megacorp bought out that company and did layoffs, so I had to take the first job opportunity that came up. It was at a…

Honestly, I think that's an abuse of the boss's power, not an example of an abuse of ROWE. A boss who understands the spirit of ROWE would have disciplined the single person who broke the rules, not the entire company - that's the definition of micromanaging, not to mention an overreaction.

My biggest qualm has been fretting over my inability to get to work exactly at 9a. DC transit is a complete crapshoot and due to my location, I am forced to rely on the bus. Anyone living here knows that weather, days of the week, and sheer WTF-factors mean I can't get 4 MILES on a consistent schedule since it could…

I think ROWE would be great, just on the basic level of adult human beings recognizing each other as fellow adult human beings and acting accordingly. But having a basic understanding of social and industrial/organizational psychology tells me that changing virtually ANYTHING in the workplace has an immediate positive…

From now on, I will be including "how do you sex?" into my daily vocabulary. I won't discriminate. I'll ask everyone.

Straight cis people are obsessed with other people's sex lives. To trans folks it's "Tell me about your genitals!!! How do you sex???" and to cis queer folks it's like "Tell me about who's the man/woman/top/bottom when you do it!!!! Is it better than straight sex???" Like, why are you doing this? Stop it, I would…