Now there's one episode left. There were two left when my mom warned me about the stupid Abigail prostitution subplot from the book.

They had the album!

My mom said the book had a subplot about the daughter that was one of the dumbest things she ever read and I thought, but there are only two episodes left, I'm sure they got rid of it.
D'oh!

He'll sleep tonight!

Seriously? The first comment referred to "some of whom now have access to legal weaponry despite mental illness." Your comment stated "I don't like the idea of the state being able to deny people their 2nd amendment right on the flimsy basis of "mental illness". Sorry, I don't know where I got the crazy idea that you…

It specifically referred to people who were found incapable of managing their own finances. That's not flimsy.

I'm a woman who had an abortion before all these new restrictions were put into place. 25% of all abortion restrictions enacted since 1973 were passed within the past 5 years. In 2011 alone, Republican legislatures passed some 92 laws limiting abortions. Oh, and education is my field, so yes, it's extremely important…

Since when is taking politicians at their word fear mongering and overreacting? The GOP wants to ban abortion and destroy the safety net. Are you suggesting that they aren't going to pursue those goals, or that their efforts will be thwarted? And if it's the latter, then by whom exactly?
And please, tell us all about…

Count me in for drinking all day.

"The "life-changing decision" thing also plays heavily into the anti-choice idea that having an abortion leaves a woman irreparably scarred."
Exactly right. Framing it as a life-changing decision makes gross invasions of a woman's rights (mandatory wait times, forcing doctors to provide false information, etc.,) seem…

First of all, Lena, having an abortion is not actually that awesome.
Second, calling an abortion a "life-changing decision" is bullshit. Deciding not to completely turn one's life upside down in service of an another human being (who gets to live inside you for 9 months) you will be responsible to/for the rest of his…

"And if that means getting in there, even maybe pushing another woman aside, so a man can finally help women fix their problems, so be it. We’re never going to have a world full of strong, independent women unless a man is there to copilot"
Ain't it the truth.
When will people acknowledge that all the gains women and…

Me, too!

I love the cartoon, and I disagree about the sacrifice the children made at the end. I thought it was lovely.
I bought the book, but haven't gotten around to reading it yet.

Completely agree with When the Levee Breaks and Left of Center, and a lot of the music in Gravity Falls.
I'd add Last Goodbye by Jeff Buckley

"The chant Kathy Bates’ character gives before the pyre—…is a version of the song of Amergin the bard. (Susan Cooper readers may remember a different rendition, and a different attribution, in Silver On The Tree.)"
God, I love those books.

I just read the LA Times piece last week. What a crazy story.
The lawyer couple seem to have genuinely convinced themselves that their child accidentally getting left on the playground was actually part of a whole stalking/abuse scenario that was completely imaginary. There was no evidence for any of the alleged…

Diminish your opinions?
Like saying,
""People frustrated with the show: "there needs to be a point to this shit"
People loving it: "I'm confused, so that must mean it's good!""

They don't need to for their own sakes, but obviously interview subjects who have questioned their faith/life choices would make for a more compelling documentary.
And I think it's perfectly reasonable to expect a good documentary to pique the interest of people who haven't already been completely immersed in the…

I completely disagree with your take on that last paragraph.
To me, the point is that the subjects' failure to question anything makes for a dull film, with little insight that would be of interest to "a jaded and cynical nonbeliever".