So, by your logic, a parent who divorces an abusive spouse to protect their child(ren) is a failure? I may not have gone to an Ivy League school (nifty detail you decided to add), but I know plenty of kids from two-parent households who ended up incredibly problematic and unstable, and plenty of kids from…

You may not have said it, but your arrogant and condescending tone conveyed it. You act as though your standards, and the example set by relationships in your family (which, good for them! It’s a beautiful thing when people have lasting and happy marriages!) are the golden standard for all relationships. For many…

My great-uncle was married for almost 70 years (with multiple affairs on his end, including one where his wife forced his mistress to get an abortion) and they spent the last 20 years absolutely hating each other. A few years before he died, his wife told me to make sure I didn’t make the same mistake she did. The…

He even managed to somehow get a haircut that makes him look like a cast member of the alt-right version of Vanderpump Rules. Yup, looks like he served real hard time.

You know he’s already got all the info available for getting around his ankle monitor restrictions.

Kinda sweet that most of them will require years of therapy to deal with what has already been taken from them.

EXACTLY. I think that’s probably an actual copy of the legislation.

The same thing happened in Indiana with the state police pension fund. There was all kinds of publicity and outrage about it, meanwhile the state had quietly been “balancing the budget on the backs of teachers” (a phrase I heard from my Mom on a weekly basis) for years, and nobody gave a damn.

Heating up? It’s a wonder public education didn’t burn to the ground at least five years ago. This war has been going on for a long time, it’s just that it doesn’t get national attention unless teachers have no choice but to strike, or protest legislation in large numbers.

States have been doing this for decades, under both Democrat and Republican leadership. It was a short-term solution to a long-term problem; they figured they’d be able to pay it back eventually, but didn’t bother to form any kind of plan or structure to do so.

States have often balanced their budgets and funded other areas of government by slashing education funding and “borrowing” from teacher pension funds. Teachers aren’t responsible kicking the can; they’re the ones being kicked.

I was surprised the McCain news was relegated to Barf Bag. It’s important to report on, especially because it doesn’t necessarily mean Graham-Cassidy (which sounds like a rejected member of Fox & Friends) is dead. Keep calling your Senators (202) 224-3121.

I miss Lisa Ling, too! I grew up watching her on Channel 1, and loved the book she wrote with her sister about her sister being held prisoner in North Korea.

Same. Call it like it is: she’s a thug.

That ad is giving me San Junipero vibes, and now I want an episode of Black Mirror written by/starring Issa.

He looks like a Gap ad from 1998.

I get it, but my heart belongs to Human Boat Shoe, aka Tommy Vietor.

Kinda/sorta/maybe? Have they been hiding in plain sight all this time? https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/ppmdzk/does-it-matter-that-ronan-farrow-is-gay

There is a lot of flirty banter on their IG accounts. I’m way too invested.

I need the Obama Anger Translator version of this letter.