However, people seeking the office of the presidency have an obligation to respond soberly and, yes, deferential on matters of immediate international (especially military) conflict.

Maybe she’s telling on herself. Or maybe she was 20 and majoring in English and really excited to read authors she hadn’t read in junior high because one thing college is good for is trying new things. On that score, the book that was chosen the year the student was on the committee was about racism and restorative…

There’s a lot of White Feminism TM going on in there about “I experience 1 form of oppression, therefore EVERYTHING I DO IS OPPRESSED” as well as some serious Choice Feminism, i.e. “I demand that because I am a woman and I chose to read this that I be considered an empowered feminist because I made a choice”.

The only thing we know about this particular person, based on one sentence, is that she doesn’t think Dessen’s books are good for a required (not for pleasure!) college reading program. She didn’t say anything broader about YA novels, or about whether any author’s works, Dessen’s included, are “worth reading.”  She…

Funny you bring up Clare, who’s well-known for her (alleged) plagiarism.

How would Dessen even find this criticism?

Take your star, knucklehead.

Nono, “Royal Watching” is a sport in London.

It counts. At least as much as cricket does. 

None of this is sports.  Stick to sports.

None of this is sports.  Stick to sports.

Ok, but does anyone know how Drew’s Mom’s Chili fared in the contest of...was it a Chili contest? 

Dear Jimbo,

GATTACA!

I too hear that you should email jim@g-omedia.com if you want to know the skinny on leaf blowers. Apparently he and his crew are experts at all kinds of businesses that are not, it seems, journalism. 

I too hear that you should email jim@g-omedia.com if you want to know the skinny on leaf blowers. Apparently he and…

Is this leafblower good for uncovering the garbage job the bozos at G/O Bros Media have been doing?

Is this leafblower good for uncovering the garbage job the bozos at G/O Bros Media have been doing?

I hear that jim@g-omedia.com is the authority on leaf blowers. Or is the vulture capitalist responsible for the scummy auto-playing video ads plastered all over this blog and for disappearing posts complaining about same. One of those two things.

I hear that jim@g-omedia.com is the authority on leaf blowers. Or is the vulture capitalist responsible for the…

How did this get on Deadspin? What does this have to do with sports? Is Paul Maidment aware you are publishing non-sports stories?

How did this get on Deadspin? What does this have to do with sports? Is Paul Maidment aware you are publishing…

Does this help?

Also try jim@g-omedia.com

Also try jim@g-omedia.com

Well done!

Pro tip: the best leafblower is emailing the nutsacks at G/O who are pushing auto play videos and ads (g-omediafeedback@googlegroups.com) and telling them how bad they are at their jobs.

Pro tip: the best leafblower is emailing the nutsacks at G/O who are pushing auto play videos and ads…