Yep. I have a friend who spent two years in Burkina Faso with the Peace Corps, at a time when some of the most terrifying Islamist militias on earth were fighting and killing just over the border in Mali. He suffered more privations, and probably did more long-term good for the United States, than someone filing…

Yeah, Barry, but Uranus is probably third or fourth.

Jody Davis. No earthly idea why.

The college arms race seemed like a huge deal to me way back when, so I can’t imagine what it must be like now. Hang in there, though—the one thing I wish I knew back then is that there is great opportunity for anyone at any school. I ended up going to a nearby public commuter college, which seemed like waving the…

No joke, between this and his whining to Carrier execs (“turns out people are actually expecting me to do what I said I’d do, you gotta throw me a bone here”), his negotiating strategy seems to be to look as pathetic as possible and hope the other side will give him just enough to keep up the ruse. I’d say the wheels…

The way he’s holding his phone reminds me of the creepy guy at the pool who’s trying to look like he’s “just checking messages” as he takes creepshot pictures.

When I was in high school, a forty-something man wrote a letter to the school paper calling for the football coach to be fired. He didn’t have kids on the team, he was just an “alumni” [sic, to hell and back].

simultaneously a wonderful partner and lazy piece of shit

I live in a town that has become famous for accepting large numbers or refugees, and I volunteer with one of the orgs that resettles them here. The cruelty of this persistence breaks my heart, but beyond that it seriously makes me worry about the future of this country.

So the whole time he was having a blast shrieking “lock her up” even though he knew he’d done the same thing?

I’m a child. I throw fits, I gripe, I complain. I’m moody.

The DOJ’s about face is absolutely terrifying (and with all due respect, probably should be covered on its own). This was a six year investigation that Sessions just crippled with a wave of his hand. Without the claim that lawmakers knew exactly what the hell they were doing when they passed the law, they’ll “iron…

One summer morning after fourth grade I got a good look at my dad’s paycheck while my mom and I were at the bank. Being a precocious kid, I was able to do some rough multiplication, and the number I came up with seemed alarmingly not high. When my mother saw the gears turning in my head, she very seriously said…

9 out of 10 people under the age of 40 think that Playboy is a brand of car air freshener for rural meth addicts.

Me too! I keep saying “LIT-trilly at a stroke” and cracking myself up.

I don’t know, there’s a woman at work who still has a bunch of Palin 2012 bumper stickers on her car. She’s currently threatening to sue the college for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act. Inspiring that level of cognitive dissonance has got to count for something, at least.

You’re right, of course, but I’m old and selfish and young people scare me, too. I just want Ron Brown to come back to life, which shouldn’t be too much to ask.

You’re right, probably unfair (at least my Republican relatives around there seem to reflexively hate him)—After the Congressional Progressive Caucus retreat this weekend I’ve been saltier than normal today about some folks’ continued talk of trying to get blue collar Trump voters “back” in play, and I’m starting to…

I worry about all the love for Buttigieg. It shows that Dems are still chasing after the unicorn that will win them votes that are long gone—he’s white! He’s a vet! He’s from the Rust Belt! He’s basically everything Republicans love, but a Democrat, so where’s your Messiah now, McConnell? I don’t know, that’s…

I’ll take a goddam Emperor-for-Life Bannon over having to imagine Trump lounging in his bathrobe like my dad. At least my dad drank, so he had an excuse.