We received an email from a parent who says their child attends the early childhood center where Ms. Goodson was a teacher. The school community has created a GoFundMe to set up an education fund for Rhylee, Ms. Goodson’s daughter:

complicating the characters is what “This is Us” is all about

This episode felt, to me, a lot like the old ones that pulled at your heartstrings. I got teary-eyed when they came back for Nicky. I’m always more invested in Jack and Rebecca’s lives than I am in the Big (adult) Three. I am also curious about the whole different casting for old Nicky but not for old Rebecca and…

Who says they arrived just in time to stop Nicky from hurting himself? I saw that as a low moment that Nicky has probably experienced so many times before, contemplating ending the pain and anguish he feels whenever it decides to rear its ugly head. They walked in on a man contemplating suicide. He wasn’t holding the…

Yeah—all things considered, I think they handled the storyline (so far) better than I expected. I certainly found it more interesting than following Randall’s campaign trail.

OK, I know this is a standard TV/movie thing, and one This is Us has done before, but don’t tell someone you’re not going to travel with them or…

Another quietly perfect episode of This is Us...they all are.

I think what so many don’t get is that complicating the characters is what “This is Us” is all about. It’s peeling back the layers to see Jack as more than the perfect husband/dad that people saw in the beginning. He could be misguided and messed up as well as a man who feels like he grabbed the brass ring by having…

If you don’t remember who initiated the “walkback” (other than NYT, who - along with their in-office Ben Carson, Dean Baquet, we all know about now that he’s re-unleashed Ross Douthat and Andrew Sullivan on us) — it was Jake Tapper and the rest of the “centrist” anchors at CNN.

Also those boys remind the people running the mainstream media of their sons, brothers, cousins, friends and nephews. They jumped on the “they’re innocent” talking point because they didn’t think the criticism was fair in the first place.

The mainstream media tried to walk this back as well yesterday, and even liberal leaning celebrities (like Jamie Lee Curtis) were second guessing themselves, on this one smug bastard. Nathan Phillips has said he felt Nick Sandmann’s intentions were to intimidate, as he blocked him from continuing up the steps.

“Don’t you know that Bernie marched with MLK? It’s about class, not race.”

Bernie Sanders is almost worse, though. He will make a few concessionary statements about racism, but usually then ties it back to income inequality. He’s a one-message kind of guy, which doesn’t work when society has more than one kind of problem.

“This black man walked into our drug store and sat at the counter right next to us. We weren’t being aggressive or threatening. We’re the real victims.”

A group of entitled teens goes on a mission to spread their gospel of hate. I really need to know whether they were harassed by someone before spewing hate, or they were rudely interrupted in their attempt to spew hate by a band of people singing and playing drums before I can pass judgment. 

Above: “Of course, we don’t suggest you throw away still-usable food, like cans and boxes pre-expiration date. Better to take them to a donation feed pantry, where they will actually do some good, instead of sitting on your shelf for all eternity.”

Hot take: she’s right.

I’m from NE Ohio so I always follow these cases of missing girls because I remember when Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight were found. It was such a shock. I followed the news when Amanda and Gina were reported missing. I especially remember Gina’s mom was constantly pushing the media to keep her…

I have minimally culled my book collection. I mostly took my textbooks from grad school and tried to get cash for them. Most other books stay. I actually heavily debated the books I’d sell. I considered “might I buy this if I found it in a bookstore in five years?” If I thought I might buy it again, it stayed.

Moving from a subway commute to driving has made me love audible.   I  have certain types die audiobooks but my drive now is 95% audiobooks and podcasts and 5% music now. 

Counterpoint: feel free to put those books right into the recycling bin.