My grandmother is Lois Duncan, I just forwarded this article to her, I think she'll get a kick out of it! I grew up reading this, and I always found it to be a wonderful, chilling tale, full of exaggerated characters. You guys have really hit the nail on the head!

There are two things to remember about this tragedy:

Today I had to explain to my 6th graders that we were having a lockdown drill, and I also had to go over the protocol for "shelter in place" vs. "active shooter" lockdowns. You know, basically every teacher's (and parent's and human being's) worst nightmare.

I love that! I'll starting asking "what" when this happens to me. Genius.

Nobody made Ice Cube.

Never thought anything would make me nostalgic for the Mad Men Moms I grew up with: smoking cigarettes, swilling martinis, mixing and dispensing formula like there was no tomorrow. (For the record, my earthy-crunchy Mom breast-fed all of us.)

Thank you. Adoptee here, and this entire breastfeeding argument is riddled with privilege. Even for moms with biological children, companies mostly do NOT have adequate maternity care provisions and companies with fewer than 80 employees are not required by federal law to provide pumping facilities.

ATTENTION PR PEOPLE. THIS IS HOW YOU DO A PROPER APOLOGY.

Well, it's also fair to note that African countries, which are rich in resources but poor in government, have suffered under repeated invasion and pillaging from Western Imperialist nations, leaving them crippled in a way that has prevented them from developing as Western nations were able to.

THE WTF FAIRY IS MY NEW SPIRIT ANIMAL. ALSO, CAPS LOCK IS MY NEW SPIRIT ANIMAL, TOO.

But TX is notorious for executing people known to be mentally disabled. How would mental illness alone prevent him from being charged with capital murder, the charge necessary to allow a death penalty ruling?

To be honest, since he is in south Texas and committed such an unimaginably heinous crime I am completely and 100% surprised he did not get the death penalty. I don't even know how it's possible that he didn't.

Bring back the French Revolution.

Is there steak in that?

"To all those people who will say, 'I should move out of this country, this isn't my America?'"

Just think of all of the one man-one woman marriages that have been wrecked by this decision! They're falling apart everywhere! Because...because...well...I'll get back to you.

And to all those people who will say, "I should move out of this country, this isn't my America?"
There are a crapton of countries on the continent of Africa who have outlawed being gay altogether. I mean, you'll have to deal with the Ebola, war and such, but yeah, no gays. Have at it.