I agree the Rambo stuff is a bit much, but he didn’t write that, and he didn’t want anyone to know (no one in Afghanistan wanted anyone to know) he was there. If he’d written that, it would be one thing, but no one can control how other people write about them for publication. I’m willing to bet he went over there and…

Staff writer Gabrielle Bruney said the reminders feel a lil ominous.

The Constitution says that the government shall not establish a state religion. In this case, the religion in question is (probably among others but definitely not among all) fundamentalist Christian. From the USCourts.gov website:

Eh. The Gurkha’s were probably happy about it anyway. They can die just like everyone else.

I didn’t know that, and it makes me really angry. Will the Amish bring children for counseling? I don’t think children are capable of forgiving someone who sexually abuses them, because they don’t know how it’s going to keep affecting them into the future. I forgave my abuser, but I was an adult, and I’d had lots of…

I would very much like to take a large earthen vessel (like one of those amphora the Romans used to store large quantities of wine in) and drop it from a fun height on his head.  See how he feels about earthen vessels then.  See if he figures out that women don’t like to be told they’re inanimate objects with no…

I have two thoughts, the first being that I can’t believe the younger one got probation (even if he has 4 years of house arrest) and doesn’t have to register as a sex offender. He IS a sex offender. And I hope the older one dies in jail. Second thought is that so many smaller groups of society think that no one in…

The comments section always says “Start The Discussion” even if there are comments, and you have to click on it to see any comments.  Is this a bug, do you think, or just another way they’re trying to kill the site?

Just a heads up: this is a really cute idea, but don’t try to recreate the picture illustrating this column and then give your dog the bag each day. Walnuts are toxic for dogs, they can have cinnamon but cinnamon sticks are likely to make them ill, I don’t know what the berries are, acorns and foliage aren’t a good…

Yeah, forgot about office lighting.  That makes sense now.

I’m concerned about your statement that you couldn’t tell the brownish ones apart.  Have you had your eyes checked lately?

I will read that book.

Thank you, Michael, for your writing. The funny stuff. The painful stuff. The thoughtful stuff (which was often painful). I laughed and I cried, often at the same time. I still think about your cousin. I grew up in a place with few Black folks, and though I always felt like an outsider, it wasn’t like growing up as a…

I read this as you’d repaired Texas many times, and I was impressed.

Women’s virginity = Samson’s hair.  There’s a joke there, but first I have to stop my mind from boggling.

I’m otherwise not familiar with Sarah - I would have liked her more if she hadn’t screamed the whole time.  I have a limited tolerance for screaming.  Partway through I just muted her.

Coup in progress, unfortunately.  And I’m betting they know it, too, and don’t care.

Are you kidding me? Every single one of my friends including the ones over 40, including Black and White and Latino and Asian, including (sit down for this one) Republicans and Democrats, all call January 6th an attempted coup and a terrorist attack on the Capitol. The Republicans I know (all of whom loathe Cheeto…

If diabetes or nascent diabetes is your problem, try low carb. If that sounds too hard, just cut out anything with flour. That still leaves you meat, fish and other seafood, vegetables, dairy. One benefit of full low carb is that after 3 or 4 days, if you don’t cheat, you don’t really get hungry because your body…

Too bad for rich folks that basic economics doesn’t care.  It just is.  And if they don’t like it, they’re fighting basic economics.  And who do they think is going to win in the long run?