Except that map shows a pattern that’s as old as politics itself. It’s a well-known phenonenom that young people tend to be liberal and we tend to grow more conservative as we age. Granted, the current young crop of voters will likely be more socially liberal - since they grew up with things like gay rights being…

Except everything I’ve seen is based on conjecture. They keep howling about how the allegations are “unsubstantiated.” But here’s the thing - unsubstantiated generally means there is no evidence beyond the victim’s statement. But Atwood is a feminist - so shouldn’t the words of a victim be enough for her? Unless there…

Except that’s still not an argument for a “tell us everything” level of transparency. The university brought in an independent fact-finder to conduct the investigation. I’m not sure what else could have been done. Due process is a legal concern, not a job-related one. There is no inherent “right” to hold any…

I can see how there might be parents who genuinely cannot get past having a trans child (although I would hope that the love that a parent is supposed to have for them could overcome that). Even a parent saying “We cannot continue our relationnship” is bad, but this goes into an even worse place - “I want nothing to…

I think that is very, very low on her list of priorities.

Whatever happened to disowning your kids?

I think what’s happening here is that, for the first time in her life, the accused is a friend or at least somebody she has regard for - and she’s trying to come up with some kind of way to support him without damaging her feminist cred, so she’s wrapping it up in a bundle of “this is about transparency” as opposed to…

Except how does that answer the most pertinent question - why is transparency necessary in a private employment action? There is nno criminal or civil case against him at present. If a wrong has been committed against him in the course of proceedings, that recourse belongs to him alone. Why should a private employment…

I am no Canadian law expert (in fact, I know nothing about it). But if it’s similar to US law, as long as UBC is a private entity, it doe not owe anybody transparency or due process. If it’s a private employer, it can take whatever action it wants to terminate an employee, provided that the firing does not violate…

Compared to modern day Republicans (and especially the orange marmoset elect), Nixon could be considered a paradigm of liberalism.

If I got my husband a box (even a very expensive one), I think he’d spend several minutes looking at at, then me, thinking, “She’s testing me or something. A box? Is she trying to remind me of something I forgot? She must be mad at me, there’s no other explanation. Who just gives a box? Why is she looking at me that…

Except many reporters sign contracts with their employers to only work in their capacity for their employers. I’m not privy to how Fox does things, but I’m known reporters who have contracts with their respective employers than can be quite restrictive. Kelly has stated that her current book was created with the…

Um...yeah? I’m no Kelly fan, but Joanna seems to be suggesting that she intentionally held the book back - which...is an awful stretch. Publication dates are usually set in advance, and regardless, the publisher makes that call - not the author. It comes across as needlessly petty in an article with far more meat.

I’m not sure why you make hay of the fact that her book is being published after the election. Authors do not decide when their books are actually released - the publishers do. It’s not like Kelly say down with a calendar and said, “Okay, I don’t want this out until after the election.” She might have had feedback,…

As bad as the Right is (and yes, it is bad), I do not think the Right has had the image problems of the Left in the last few years. The news media has been inundated with stories from progressive college campuses where lefties demand sushi be removed from cafeterias due to “cultural appropriation” issues, a liked Yale…

You’d be shocked by how many people believe this stuff. I know people who still maintain that men and women cannot form fully platonic relationships. This stuff is still totally around, and it damages everybody - male, female, alike.

I don’t say “he got her drunk” because the story doesn’t seem to suggest that (I also don’t like the term because it takes away her agency). She drank to excess - I don’t bother sugarcoating that. Maybe she is not a drinker and overestimated her limits. Maybe she drank something stronger than she was used to. Who…

Just have to comment again to say, this part really, really got me:

The part that gets me is how many assumptions are going on here. “Well OF COURSE he tried to have sex with you - that’s what happens when you spend the night together!”

My bother in law is a Russian who grew up (predominantly) under Putin’s musical chairs administrations, and he honestly thinks Trump would have no issue “eliminating” those he disagrees with - either through discreet actions or reputation smearing. He aspires to be Putin - a guy who pretty openly threatens journalists…