From a lawyer’s perspective it’s pretty jaw dropping. For them to get a warrant for documents that are presumed to be privileged, they need to make a pretty compelling showing that the privilege doesn’t apply because the lawyer is helping his client commit a crime or a fraud. I’m so freaking excited.

Yep, he simply does not give a fuck about the country. Giving a fuck is what causes the stress.

As I broke the news of the FBI raid to my roommate, the clouds literally parted in Chicago. He and his friend looked at me, looked out the window that was now filled with sunshine after a snow-filled morning, and said, “Oh my God. Is it happening?”

To be fair, making a bed IS an exercise in utter pointlessness. If it’s your thing, cool. But I haven’t done it in 25 years and so far the only bad fallout from it is parents yelling at me about it. Literally no one else I have ever talked to has cared that I just throw the blankets and pillows on there as long as I…

Lordy, I hope there are tapes.

I’m so sorry that you had to go through this. It is incredibly brave to seek therapy, and I am glad that it is going well for you. You may have saved lives by sharing your story today. Thanks.

Well, it has a basis that if you pay taxes in that state you should be afforded the fruit of those taxes. These students live in-state though and most immigrants do pay taxes, so they should receive in-state tuition.

“When a car is sent to the United States from China, there is a Tariff to be paid of 2 1/2%. When a car is sent to China from the United States, there is a Tariff to be paid of 25%. Does that sound like free or fair trade. No, it sounds like STUPID TRADE - going on for years!”

I tried to type a thoughtful comment but I think it’s best just to state the obvious. Higher tuition exacerbates social inequality. Many people (but not all) cannot escape the cycle of poverty without a college degree in this economy. My heart breaks for these kids. It seems that America is no longer interested in…

So “we don’t want immigrants because they’re lazy moochers who won’t better themselves” but also “we’re going to make it really, REALLY hard for all of the ones trying to better themselves”? Cool.

Yeah, I’ve been trying not to get my hopes up but this feels like shit is starting to get real.

Well, she feels ‘bad’ for him (raped as an 8 year-old) and ‘really bad’ for the adult women he cheated on, which pretty much tells you which one she feels was worse.

I try to talk as freely as I can about my experiences in the hopes that it helps other people too. I know that the #MeToo stuff has left me in a bit of an odd place as I try to navigate being respectful of the women who bear the brunt of the sexual assault problem while also finding my place as a…

What is this bullshit? He cheated on girlfriends before getting therapy as a result of serious trauma. Did you read the piece? Why are you sitting here assuming feelings on behalf of his past partners when he is talking about suicide attempts and extreme fear of intimacy as a result of CHILD RAPE?

I wish being weak wasn’t an insult. I wish men were allowed to express their need for any help they may require without having the word weak throwback at them like a pejorative. I am so sorry that happened to you, and that our culture made the fallout worse.

Are you really comparing getting raped as a child to being cheated on as an adult?

I finally went to therapy for the first time. Hardest thing I’ve ever done - and going back each week was the next hardest thing I’d ever done.. until it wasn’t.

Why qualify this statement? It reads as though your response to this is “I feel bad for the 8 year-old boy, but worse for the adult women he later dated.” Yes, he cheated - but it does not sound like he raped anyone, so why qualify what sounds like a deeply traumatizing and lasting issue he bottled up as being lesser…

I am so, so sorry for what happened to you.

I am so in awe that you reached out and got help, as hard as that clearly was.

And I am so grateful you chose to share this. Thank you. You WILL help someone by doing that. <3

So well written. This reminded me a lot of my childhood and life - the knowing that I wasn’t really a man because men can’t be raped. The shame and depression. For me it was years long sexual abuse from my step father and there are multiple times in my life where the fallout from those years nearly destroyed my life…