Right, sorry. I actually know that and misspoke. I guess I meant to say "carried on." Perpetuated? Not really sure what the right term would be.

I don't think she's advocating for wiping them off the face of the planet. She's saying there's no reason for people to continue to be born with this disorder. Downs can now be detected at 11 weeks, a time when the fetus is still no more than a bundle of cells. I believe that choosing to bring a child into the world…

I've actually talked about things like this before, although not in relation to Downs. I was born with a birth defect that was not detectable in pregnancy, that resulted in me having a facial deformity. It's mild compared to what other people go through, and it has still made my life a living hell. I would hope that…

If you look up Jaime Rohrs you'll find tons of interviews with him. It's also very strange that in the couple's many interviews they did not mention the young man who helped her and her children get out (taking a bullet in the process). His story only came to light because other witnesses came forward and told the…

Well, I think what is also bothering me about this is that we would not even know about this guy or be in a place to criticize if he had not been plastering himself ALL OVER the media. I've seen him on different TV shows at least 4 times this weekend, and he seems to be trying to frame it as some sort of heroic act,…

I would be more inclined to agree with this if it seemed like a simple fight or flight response - he panicked and ran away. But that doesn't seem to be what happened - he had the baby in his arms, realized that the baby crying might draw the attention of the gunman, so made the decision to put the baby on the floor…

We do. It's called an R Rating. This movie was rated PG-13, which means parents of children under 13 get to decide whether or not the movie is appropriate for their children. Whether or not you think this movie should be rated PG-13 is its own separate issue, but you're right that it's totally irrelevant to the…

I don't think of him as less of a man but more less of a human being. It's not just that he panicked and ran away - he's said in interviews that he realized the baby's cries were drawing attention to him, so he put it down on the floor and leapt over the balcony. A 19-year-old stranger helped his girlfriend and their…

Obviously I think it's possible that whackjobs are not all Bible Belt Christians, I was referring to a particular brand of whackjob - the brand that listens to Michelle Bachmann. With all of her psychotic anti-Muslim stuff I find it really hard to believe that a person of Muslim faith would listen to anything she had…

Since the man who made the threat was Muslim (ie, not some Bible Belt Christian wackjob) I would hesitate to assume it had anything to do with Bachmann.

I feel obligated to point out that the picture all the news outlets are using is his college ID picture, not a mugshot. So his smile is sort of irrelevant. I've seen lots of people commenting about his "psycho smile" today and it's really bothering me, since obviously the news outlets are not making it clear that it…

I think it's naive/silly to pretend that celebrity/notoriety doesn't play a part in politics and high-level jobs. I have no trouble believing that increasing her profile could help in her job search.

I don't think this is true, though. Healthy people are able to understand the difference between real violence and fictional violence - hence, for instance, the mourning that people are feeling about this particular incident. We're upset because we understand that violence is real, that real people died last night.…

OK, and I get feeling that way and that's valid. But then publishing an article entitled "What is Wrong With Us?" and placing that feeling on every single person in the country who will still be seeing Dark Knight tonight seems strange. I feel sick about what happened last night. But I don't see a connection between…

No, it doesn't. I mean, I guess it does to you and you are entitled to your opinion, but in my opinion this is a pretty ridiculous stance to take. I can be upset about a REAL person carrying out REAL violence and killing REAL people. I can try to process that. I can wonder about why he did this, why he had such access…

Um, what? People aren't even talking about Tag-A-Longs? I don't know what to even say about that. They're the best.

Ugh, you're seriously the worst. It's not that childless people don't think you should be thinking about your kid all the time. It's that we don't want to hear about it all the time. It's not amazing to us that your kid said some stupid thing, or used the toilet. It's also not amazing to us that you think you're so…

This campaign seems to be aimed at the parents rather than the girls themselves, though, and that strikes me as ineffective. Forcing your child to continue to play sports when they're at an age where they should be adopting a lot of independence isn't likely to do any good.

Lindy, I 100% know what you're talking about, and in my household it's the problem that other people bring up. It's not that he won't help, it's that he simply doesn't care. I'm actually in a long distance relationship now, and I can barely stand visiting my boyfriend because his apartment strikes me as SO dirty -…

I'm not plus size but I am excited for the Lucky Plus line. It's become increasingly difficult for me, as a woman with a larger lower body, to find jeans that both fit my waist and don't show my butt crack every time I sit down. It seems likely that the new line will be cut in a way that's actually flattering to…