You forgot a very good, although somewhat rare, showstopper of white uncomfortableness:

I’m a childless, married gay man who is a freelance “creative.” I live in New York where “creatives” grow like ragweed, so the market is tough. I’ve long given up on returning to the corporate world, though I have tried. I do all right for myself usually but I have really slow periods, and then my corporate finance…

This one’s for you, CHARLIE!

I bet Professor DeRosa (a suspiciously ethnic name) is familiar with Germany’s Nuremberg Laws from 1935.

The vast majority of the spending was sent to the auto industry to stave off the economic collapse of several Great Lakes states (many of which have lots of manufacturing and other jobs that are part of the American auto industry supply chain) and to the banks, to avoid a repetition of the bank failures that plunged…

Your great-great-grandfather and one my ancestors might have known each other. He drove a stagecoach. In Massachusetts, not in the Montana Territory or something.

The neighbors were actually lovely people, very warm and funny and giving. For ten years we went down there for New Year’s Eve and every year we inevitably got invited to some all ages friends-and-family get together, usually at a hotel with outdoor space where there would be dancing and rum flowing and the food, my…

My husband and I owned a vacation condo in South Beach for about a decade. It was in a small building, probably a former motel, across the street from Flamingo Park.

It’s not from last year, it’s from the last century. The latest statistics I could find (lazy perusal of wikipedia) date from 2013 and it’s only gotten worse in the US: 33,000+ handgun-related deaths, of which 11,000+ were homicides and the others were suicides and “accidents.”

Selling overpriced Trump steaks through Sharper Image wasn’t as nutty an idea as you would think. Sharper Image used to sell overpriced cookware and I think grills, so it was kind of product-adjacent. William Sonoma sells wildly overpriced food (especially at Christmas; I think that bark is what really keeps the…

David Rochlin responded to you but there’s an even more comprehensive method. Anything you don’t want, write RETURN TO SENDER clearly in some ink that won’t rub off (so don’t use a highlighter on catalogs) and drop it in the nearest mailbox. Kind of sucks for the mail carrier but I believe the sender is responsible…

If they ever do a Real Housewives of Las Vegas that HAS to be one of the women’s taglines.

Imagine the poor guy he’ talking to, trying to keep a straight face while looking at the peppermint-swirl tie, and then the wind gust comes along...

Yes, he’s actually giving more of a Black Power salute but since he’s white and the topic is America’s gun violence epidemic and not racial justice I’m pretty sure that was also not his intention.

“I’ll sock you in the face and you’ll stay plah-stered.”

I agree. If his (I assume “his”) name was Apollo de la Paz I don’t think anyone would bat an eye.

I think what’s really remarkable is how young everyone was. Dr. King was 39 when he was killed and 34 when he spoke at the March on Washington. Jesse Jackson, who was famously with him on the balcony at the Lorraine Motel, was in his 20s. Malcolm X was 29 when he was killed. Huey Newton co-founded the Black Panther…

Hang on to those pics and trot them out if your daughter is heading off with someone you don’t like. I come from a large family and Awkward Family Photos magically appear when a suitor appears and you want to scare them away. It’s a horrible parenting tactic but it’s effective.

I had to look up what a “Burgatory” was. They don’t seem to have them outside of Pittsburgh, so that might be a clue.

Seafood is really easy though and very versatile, you can steam it, fry it, grill it, bake it, even eat it raw if it’s high-enough quality, almost anything. And it’s really quick. My problem is I live in Manhattan (a major seaport, I’ll point out) and yet I don’t trust the quality of the product or enjoy the shock of…