This restaurant owner was about to serve a well-known spokesperson for the Trump administration, not an unknown Trump supporter. If Sanders had been spotted by a fan or even a critic, she would have been photographed and tagged, forever associating her with the restaurant’s brand. Sanders might have also tweeted about…

Please, please don’t flame me with “it’s just a movie.” I’ve always had a problem with how physics works in Star Wars, spaceships banking against air in space and such. But The Last Jedi really crossed a huge line. The driving arc of the whole Resistance escape was awful. These spaceships are out of torpedo range, but…

This is the second time a science problem has taken me out of the moment. Please indulge me and not just say “It’s a TV show. Just enjoy it.”

Starburns from Community.

As we debate whether Iron Man can continue without Robert Downey, Jr., or if there can be a Han Solo without Harrison Ford, let's reflect on the fact that there are four completely separate interpretations of Sherlock Holmes in play at present: BBC, CBS, and two movie versions. A truly great character transcends the…

No, I'm with the Congressman on this one. He's from Texas, and whether he believes this or not, a well-organized mega-church call-in could make it hell for his staff. I know it's fun to paint Republican with the same brush, but u honestly think he's taking a simple administrative step to save himself headaches from…

I've been to all those places, and there's enough bustle and diversity that people seem left alone. In Toronto, it's especially evident. That's a city that seems to actively promote tolerance, even if there are intolerant individuals.

Please forgive the abrupt change of topic, but has anyone noticed that the failure of the publishing industry to embrace JJ Abrams's new Star Trek universe is a sign of its non-viability. Where are the novelizations? Where are the DK picture books? The blueprints? The almanacs of Federation species, the future…

What do you expect when the principal is named after that fool of a Took!

You're right! Very bad example. What's a better one?

I *was* listening and you talked to me like I'm a child. Now I'm not listening. See how that works?

No offense taken. I was listing "liberal bastions" off the top of my head, and your response caused me to remember recent examples of racism in each of the places on that list. You're right to call me out. I have the privilege of being naïve, but it makes me profoundly uncomfortable. I read deeply into stories like…

Okay, I'm a tall white man in rural upstate NY. Though I'm a liberal, I can walk anywhere in my conservative town without fear. I wave at local police and strike up conversations with them. Indeed, no matter where I go here or in nearby cities, I feel safe and, well, normal.

A friend of mine got a great job offer after years in a shitty job. He wrote "I QUIT!" on an IHOP napkin and faxed it from the restaurant. Email wouldn't have been the same.

How about some love for Cincinnati's amazing Union Terminal? It's now home to four museums and is absolutely amazing inside and out.

I love my Dyson. The best thing is how it comes apart without tools so you can pry out hairjams. There are about eight pieces that snap together this way to reveal the entire vacuum tract.

Mmmm. Also: Vietnamese iced coffee.

There's a racism scale in Star Trek. The uglier the alien, the more opposed they are to the Federation.