I've lost your analogy. But I don't have any problem with music production involving lots of different people plus computers. Trump/Christie seems like Flavor Flav/ Flavor Flav. Who would be the Chuck D? I guess Trump HAS to be Flav, with that style sense. But surely we could think of a more appropriate duo for the…

Except one of them is talented.

That. Or, drugs.

This is amazing. Assuming he does not win the nomination, it will have been worth his run just for this list. I hope it's being preserved somewhere.

Have y’all seen Brewster’s Millions? Richard Pryor is going to inherent millions of dollars from a dead uncle, but only if he can first spend 30 million in 30 days without buying anything or donating to charity. So he decides the best way to legally throw away that much money is to run for president. And he runs this…

Fine. Let’s go back to the problem then. There are loads of girls who WANT similar outdoorsy adventures that Boyscouts offer. Their girlscout troops do not offer them. What do those girls do? I didn’t say girlscouts had to be reformed. I said it’s one of two clear options. You can either change girlscouts OR you can…

Um, no. As I said, things vary greatly by troop. I’m sure there are girl troops that do those things. There are also troops that don’t. Boy troop experiences are uniform because of the organization. I said all this- you are picking and choosing.

First, I think you are probably joking. Second, if you aren't, as I said, allowing for Boyscouts to be all scouts does not mean you'd have to have mixed-gender troops.

OK, I just want to explain this briefly (because it’s not covered in the article). Boyscouts is a very well organized national organization. I’m sure the quality of troops vary somewhat on the local level, but they are pretty strict about what you must do to advance. They also have a lot of really great land across…

I know this seems like the obvious answer. As others will probably point out, the reason is that Boyscouts of America is a very good organization that already has a wonderful national structure / curriculum in place. My family was heavily involved in Boyscouts- my dad was a scout, then a leader. My brother was a…

I really don’t know why, in this day and age, we don’t just have Scouts. Not for boys, not for girls, just Scouts. With all the same structure and requirements and benefits of Boyscouts, but for all motivated young people.

I’m in a very similar situation. Parents told me that they were not going to give me braces because the dentist told them that my teeth are perfectly healthy and fine (which is true) and so the braces would only be cosmetic- some of my teeth are crooked and I have a giant gap in front. Parents explained, “We aren’t…

He'd have a hard time with it since the insult also makes him a whore's clown.

Conversation with my mom when I was 16 and super punk rock, about to go out to a club:

OMG. I’m not making an obscure argument here.

All of that can be true AND this woman can be not at all heroic. There are heroic Muslims doing all she is doing and more. Why celebrate her just because she wraps herself in a flag? I have no problem with her beliefs. I also have no problem with her beliefs leading her to be pro-life and opposed to gay marriage. I…

Well this is exactly the problem with anyone arguing for any sort of institution based on religious tradition. There are disagreements even within the tradition.

OK, I don’t know what new things we can say to one another or even what we are talking about now. It’s gotten too “meta” for me. I think you are making a statement about respecting people’s differences that maybe is too nuanced for me to grasp. I’m saying that I respect her personal opinions, but since she’s…

I don't care one bit what religions (Christianity, Islam or otherwise) think of government. I do care about what governments think of religion- and ours upholds a separation of church and state without distinguishing between different religions. So it's irrelevant to me what Islam thinks of the state. Likewise, it's…

Look, I think it's OK to be done. I can't even... not without going in circles. We'd both just be repeating ourselves. That's OK- online discussions are like that sometimes.