Your concerns seem part of a larger conversation about seizure and forfeiture issues that have been plaguing law enforcement for a while. And I think it’s actually much more useful to look at it through that lens because as I mentioned, those issues are totally fraught these days.

Having Obama being more high profile would create its own issues, namely giving fodder for Trump to further distract the public and media by constantly re-litigating his beef with Obama. And in those circumstances, these same folks would be crying about how Obama needs to do what he’d promised and sit down. There is…

The sole point of human interest in the movie is Zazie Beetz as a tech wizard who helps Max search satellite data.

Nissel became the “it” woman of literature in the early 2000s.

I appreciated the candor in disclosing that the bias was in play so I can take the subsequent commentary with a grain of salt. That’s more than you’ll get from the majority of criticism.

Outside of being a groundbreaking concert movie, Purple Rain is indeed pretty terrible. I’m not sure anyone could convincingly argue otherwise. That said, I appreciate it for what it was at the time—where it was set, the people in it, the things they talked about.

Those of us who write for a living have practiced suppressing these urges, but I write non-fiction for a living and it’s still hard to switch gears and jump into a novel.

#2 reminds me of a book like Night Watch (and the series) where it really is just a collection of 3 short stories along several similar threads. I actually love that type of storytelling.

I don’t think that argument is very persuasive, though. Why would you assume legislation doesn’t account for that? And if it doesn’t despite the idea being backed on principle, why aren’t conservative politicians lobbying for that themselves? It sounds like the position is, shrug, I can’t get everything precisely how…

I can absolutely believe that. Also, he did an episode of Another Round recently that was fantastic and reinforced this impression of him.

This is pretty much enabling language. Imagine how differently this would have come off simply by reversing that statement—as in, ‘kids do stupid things that they need to learn from, and actions have consequences so these kids will be getting the discipline they deserve.’ No disingenuous qualifications, just…

I think society should come together to make Pop v. Trump happen. Like everyone should put their loyalties aside for one year to achieve the satisfaction of that.

So true. A lot of my friends had kids around the same time and were shocked that I was so good with them ... even though I have a gaggle of nieces and nephews. So weird.

This right here.

I value my library and physical book experience too much to move too far away from those habits, but I do own an e-reader. They are worth owning for sure.

This was interesting, thanks! It’s nice to see this angle to her and that office outside of the higher profile stories.

Oh yeah. Cooking Channel all the way for these modern times.

If one is watching HGTV for cooking tips, they are indeed doomed—unless one is demonstrating the importance of cooking with granite countertops and stainless steel appliances.

Right! That was a startling description for me because I feel as if she’s much more likely to be recognized/attributed as an author.

It’s an interesting thing to mull over. The power dynamics are different, for sure. From my perspective, they’re still in play, but it probably depends on the context. There are aspects of normalized misogyny and patriarchy that factor into these encounters and should be reflected on in the same way. Non-white men can…