The IVF thing is so telling to me - so many embryos created that will not be used, and most pro-lifers don’t seem to care at all. There is a small movement of “snowflake” pregnancies, where the bio parents, rather than destroying unwanted embryos, donate them to others who will carry and parent the child. Which is a…

Yes, if you truly believe an embryo/fetus is a child, it makes sense to say those children need to be protected. But the majority of pro-lifers tip their hands by also opposing comprehensive sex education, widely-available birth control, subsidized prenatal and early childhood care, and access to reasonable maternity…

Seconding “My Dad Wrote a Porno.” I have never laughed so hard at a podcast.

Part of the point of a taser is that it briefly immobilizes the person it shoots. So if she did tase him, she could likely have then gone for his firearm without him being able to resist. I’m not trying to excuse his behavior; he shouldn’t have let this situation get to the point where he was using the taser in the…

Elizabeth Smart has spoken out strongly about the “chewed gum” thing, pointing out that in the aftermath of her abduction (which involved repeated rapes) she dealt with a lot of worry and shame because she thought she was “chewed gum” and felt no godly man would want to marry her. Which is really heartbreaking.

This. It’s bats**t crazy to insist that Christians, who make up 3/4 of all Americans, are being persecuted here and their beliefs stamped out.

“...due to his ability to mitigate legal scenarios while keeping the growth of his clients’ business a focal point.”

That’s the thing. She’s famous (infamous, really) not because she’s Secretary of Education (ordinarily, who would even know the name/face of the SoE?) but because of the awful shit she’s constantly doing and saying in that position.

For me, part of the frustration is that people have been talking about Biden’s touchy-feely behavior with women for a long time. At least a decade, that I can remember. And politicians (and their staffs) are very aware of what people are saying about them, about the images they project. Surely he knew a lot of people…

I wish reporters would call him on this and (for a change) keep doing so if he tries to duck the question. His assertion is not just untrue; it’s dangerously inflammatory. This is how doctors and patients at clinics - and liberals in general - get killed: when right-wing leaders convince their flock that liberals are…

I got chickenpox at 13 and it was the sickest I’ve ever been other than when I had extreme morning sickness. I remember lying on the couch crying because I hurt so badly and I couldn’t stop shaking. Painful blisters everywhere, including in my ears, nose, and throat. It was AWFUL.

I’m really disappointed that Biden only decided to apologize to Hill now that he’s facing criticism about his treatment of women (and running for president again, of course). If he really felt he’d done anything wrong, he should have done that years and years ago. If I were Hill, I would have rolled my eyes so hard…

Yes, the article was called “A Bunny’s Tale,” and it’s great. Recommended!

Ugh the Botox and fillers. A middle-aged man with a lined and weathered face is sexy. A middle-aged man who looks like he’s having an allergic reaction to a bee sting (ahem, Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt, too) is not.

I’m an editor too, and yup, reading this was killing me. Is the publisher a vanity press? Or is Lloyd one of those people who refuses to let an editor change his work, but the publisher figures the book will make money anyway because of his notoriety, so they just charge on ahead?

I thought that was so funny, because he was obviously censoring himself by saying “jackass” instead of “asshole”!

Yeah, obviously I’m not going to make fun of her looks, but her expression is always so dour. She always looks angry and disappointed. Partly I think she just has RBF, but that can’t explain it all. What is going on in her head?

As an adoptive parent of an Asian son, I have actually seen a good deal of racism in the community of international adopters here in the U.S. Some (not most by any means, but more than a few bad apples) are convinced that by adopting their children they’ve saved them not only from poverty but from “heathen” cultures,…

Between his gut and his short, vulgarian fingers, Donald can barely wrap his arms around the flag to hug it as things stand now. Add another bulky star and maybe it will be impossible for him to go around hugging flags at all. And if he isn’t hugging flags with a big smarmy fake-grin on his face, how can we know he’s…

I haven’t heard anyone cheering on the destruction of Notre Dame here. I’m just hearing people objecting to the priority of the US donating money to rebuild it when (a) surely the French and the Church can handle it, especially since it doesn’t all have to be done right this minute, and (b) we have such serious,…