Edit: Nevermind.

It’s accepted wisdom now that H.W. Bush had at least one ongoing, long-term affair with a staffer (the joke was that the staffer “served him in a variety of a positions). Newsweek reported on this in 1988 and there were concerns at the time that it would severely damage his campaign. When his re-election campaign…

I don’t think it’s hard to be part of the conversation, though I think we’re better off doing more listening than talking, and when we talk, it should be with an eye towards our own behavior.

I think this is right on. I’m a man and have unquestionably been part of the problem for most of my adult life. For various reasons, I arrived at a place of questioning and some form of understanding in my recent past (vs. now), thanks to women in my life, some men, and experience. I’m sure I have a long way to go.…

It’s a great counterpoint to the old idea that Federer was the “thinker” or the “smart” one and Nadal relied only on physical attributes. It was never true, but I think a number of mainstream analysts bought into it.

It’s interesting to contemplate how the one is directly related to the other. If most of the population is too busy working for survival and basic necessities, they’re too busy to protest or do anything to interfere with wrongdoing on the part of the government and large corporations.

The 35th anniversary of Fast Times is this summer. Maybe more than anyone else, JJL was the heart of the film, including its frequently-overlooked darkness. She represented a lot of the possibilities of youth, and some of the unplanned difficult choices many people face in life.

Alternative pay?

Yes, I think it does. She has complete control over one, and not as much over the other.

If you’re going to keep citing her, may I recommend getting her name right? It’s Kara, not Karen. Kara Walker was the second-youngest recipient ever of a MacArthur grant, by the way.

Do you mean profit by it in the sense of achieving some measure of fame or success from it? Or do you mean monetary profit? In that case, the artist has stated that she will never sell the work.

In clear type on the title card for her work when it was exhibited at the Whitney, it stated that she will never sell the work and never profit from it. I saw it in person and can attest to its existence.

Kara, not Karen. She’s one of the greatest voices in art today, and certainly one of the most respected black artists alive right now.

“I’ve gotten many personal messages from fellow Googlers”

“Were felt not to be as good.”

It’s extremely unlikely he would run again in any event— he just won re-election last November.

Just want to say that I completely understand the question you asked about the confetti and the sadness you experienced over it. It’s the small things that are sometimes the most accessible.

Male entitlement at its best (worst).

It’s a massive tax cut. That’s really all there is to it.

I’m one Agassi fan who cleanly moved over to Nadal right around 2006, as Agassi retired.