Short women are about to be skewered for all those below-the-belt selfie hugs!

I have no doubt the Fox News insiders have been plotting to manufacture one somewhere, since if they had found anything legit, they would have reported it by now.

Loud breaths with nose-hair whistling as accompaniment.

Lucy Maud Montgomery was indeed a beacon of sunshine at all times, at least in public. If you read her journals, she suffered a lot in private. ...Oh, you meant a different LMM? ;-)

Has anything like that been proposed in Congress? ‘Cause it needs to be!

No, I’m sure Trump is a perfectly respectful, decent, loving husband who views his wife as his equal.

I think she would give anything to divorce him and get herself and her son out of there, and the fact that she has not done so leads me to think that Trump has threatened to ruin her somehow (and/or her child and/or her parents) if she doesn’t play the part. I wrote yesterday that he probably had her parents tied up…

I hope someone replies to your question with some good, practical suggestions.

I’m sure she was commanded to defend him in interviews and was given talking points. He probably had her parents duct-taped to chairs in the basement of Trump Tower (figuratively, of course). I do, actually, feel sorry for her. I can’t help but feel compassionate about her situation. Whatever mistakes or bad decisions…

I don’t think she frowns because she realizes he was talking to Ivanka. I think she had trained herself to give a bright smile anytime he turns toward her (at least in public), and when you’re cold and nervous and worried and miserable because you’re at the inauguration of a man you despise but are contractually…

By the looks of those album covers, “fish face” is the new “duck face.”

I listened to Alec Baldwin interview her on his “Here’s the Thing” podcast. They talked a lot about what they ate together when they met on film sets and in meetings and interviews. And they ate during the interview. I think they thought it was charming that they eat. There was slurping and chewing.

“I don’t know what it’s like to be a parent, but I will NEVER forget what it was like to be a child.”

And if you eat meat but have compassion for animals, please use your purchasing power to buy from the most ethical/humane sellers whenever possible. There’s a cognitive disconnect between loving animals and eating them... your purchasing decisions could help bridge that gulf and make a significant impact on how we do…

Well, “blood” and “flesh” are kind of the definition of “gore.”

False equivalency?

Agreed! Don’t play the game! You’re expected to spend a portion of your income on manicures, hairstyling, makeup, jewelry, and an endless variety of impractical clothing and shoes — on your 72%-of-what-your-male-colleague-earns salary.

Your opening sentence is a work of art. Imagine someone from 2014 stepping out from their time machine and reading that sentence! And then re-reading it... perplexity gradually crescendoing to panic....

That sounds rough, for both of you. Thank you for not abandoning her!

“Spectacle” isn’t the right word here. She’s putting on a show of strength, beauty, and talent.