I’m familiar with both adages and I would say that I’ve found the first to be truer than the second in our current era. Similar to you, and contrary to my parents, my views have become increasingly progressive as I’ve aged. I grew up in a moderate/right leaning family of hypocritical but largely anodyne political…

I don’t know Rose McGowan and am not qualified to comment on her experiences. But over my own journey in life I have encountered a few individuals who cite personal trauma as the reason they became Republicans. Not conservatives in the classic sense, but acolytes of the modern GOP. The reasons seem to be similar to…

Agreed. And not only is it persuasive and informative, but it brought a smile to may face.

The point is to see how far the state can go to restrict abortions.

Pitting citizens against each other to circumvent the Constitution and earn a quick buck. Apparently that’s the Texas way... and it’s vile.

I agree with what you said in response to another about how violence is wrong. It is. But I’m uncertain what violence occurred here, nor should we rush to the defense of instigators playing the role of victims. While individuals, regardless of ideology, can act in bad faith, I assure you that the people telling the…

White supremacists fleeing in the face of civic opposition is not a violation of free speech. Please explain how it is.

I don’t quite get the “shrug” element you see, but I understand how it might seem callous to focus on such frivolous an aspect of the withdrawal. Yet, I actually find this piece quite thought-provoking.

The author isn’t being dismissive of the lives lost or uncertain future facing the Afghans. He doesn’t address any…

Issues of morality and theological sadism aside...

Anyone else seeing this?

I’m very sorry for your loss. I know how hard that decision is, but sounds like you gave him a good life and did the right thing. Though I know that doesn’t make it an easy decision.

Oooof.... As a struggling independent inventor myself, this story hits very close to home. I’ve had a few inventions stolen from me by major corporations over the years, including Frito-Lay. So like... I get it.

And the GOP fully congeals into the party of Gross Orange Pestilence.

When someone close to you dies, going through their books and music (and holding to some or all the library) is a way of remembering that person and staying connected to that person. It's also a way to learn about your family. I'm sure many of us have gone through the LPs of that uncle who died before we were born,…

So then... there's a 10 to 1 chance that at any given moment I'm not dreaming. Continuing this line of thought; the next time I'm dreaming it's actually more probable that I'm awake and what I think is a dream is actually happening?

Is this like that time I glued wings to the side of my Volkswagen because I wanted everyone to think I had a flying car? But all I ended up with was a car that couldn't fit into any parking space and of course... couldn't actually fly.

Well... if you're wearing Chainmail then you're not exactly naked now are you?

My good sir... I stand corrected. I had yet to realize that France was now home to not just artisanal cheese, wine, and snobbishness.... but robots as well. "Hand crafted by Hand-crafted Robots in the shade of the French Alps". Oui Oui. Je m'appele Impressed.

"are hand-made in France, using the most current technology.. for $378"

As I understand it, here in the States any indecent action committed in a public space can qualify as indecent exposure or a lewd act. But that's going by the letter of the law. I believe it's often interpreted however based on expectation of privacy.

I think you're quite right. It's funny, I was discussing columnar basalt with a colleague right before this article popped up.