I loved his whole segment on public shaming, and I totally agree about the consideration that’s due before engaging in public shaming, and that it can be unfairly destructive, or a necessary social corrective, and we shouldn’t take the decision lightly.

I will never forget the time Tig Notaro came out for an interview on a late-night talk show (recently, in the last year or so), and someone previously in the show had made a reference to the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal. Before even starting the interview, Tig pointed out how intelligent, driven, and exceptional a young…

It probably gave him warm memories of those Klan rallies his dad went to. He's been steeped in this his entire life.

Of course Trump doesn’t think white nationalism is on the rise. It’s been at maximum in his inner circle for his entire life.

This is the weirdest story I have heard all day. If I’m reading this right, some guy was cleaning up HIS OWN old VHS tapes and found child porn, with someone who looks like R. Kelly.... But has no idea who it is or where it came from? And it’s made it to Gloria Allred before law enforcement has, like, investigated it?…

He’s trying to hide his transcripts? Well, on the upside, if everything else he’s ever done is any indication, he’s going to be REALLY bad at it.

Indeed! In the majority of states TODAY it is illegal for an adult to have sex with a minor, but it is completely legal for an adult to MARRY a child (within the marriage, sex is legal). This is supposedly some “religious freedom” bullshit for faiths that practice arranged marriage, but let’s be honest. It’s about…

I wish people got half as mad about the persistent atrocity that is female genital mutilation that STILL happens in staggering numbers in America today, as they do about a rapist losing his penis. These girls are mutilated as young children for the crime of POTENTIALLY growing up to have sex for pleasure one day. But…

I’m just glad we can finally dispense with appreciating the talent and artistry that goes into top-notch filmmaking, and focus on what the Oscars are REALLY about: Obsequious celebrity ego-stroking!

To me, the problem wasn’t necessarily that it made the white character the audience surrogate, but that its heroes seemed to be the white people who overcame racism (either their own, or that of their friends/family/co-workers), rather than the black people who endured and resisted it. There were basically no black…

You neglected to mention that the outlets “reporting” on this non-story disingenuously used photos of steaks from 5-star restaurants, rather than showing what barely-recognizable-as-food slop is actually provided to inmates. Infuriating.

Trump and his supporters are confusing a wall with an immigration policy. Wasting everyone’s time and money, and ruining Christmas, over a useless hunk of steel is still not actually addressing the problem they claim exists. But if there really is a “War on Christmas,” we now know what side Trump is on.

This is a secondhand story too insulting not to pass on. My mother used to be a teacher at a local elementary school, and the staff was absolutely lovely, except the principal had a reputation for doing nothing to build morale, and never spending money on the staff, even going to absurd lengths to avoid spending. She…

Well, back to Plan A: Gun control.

The weak disguise has probably been the biggest complaint about Superman since the beginning of Superman. No surprise it is equally relevant to Supergirl. The comics even tried to explain it by claiming Clark was using “Super Hypnotism” to keep people from seeing him as Superman. No surprise THAT explanation didn’t…

If your mother-in-law did this, would you step up and say, “If you don’t want to host, I would be happy to do it, and do all the cooking and cleaning and buy all the food for everyone?” If you’re not willing to do it either, she’d be justified in kicking you in the dick right back.

This is for sure the best solution. You could also make it clear that it’s not feasible to do it all yourself this year, and offer your guests a choice between kicking in for a catered dinner, or everyone bringing a dish to spread out the labour, and let everyone weigh in before deciding. If someone ELSE in your…

My pop culture weekend has been thin to say the least. I’m working on a project for work all weekend (and all last week), so I’ve really only been able to put on the sort of TV that just keeps you company in the background. Mostly old episodes of MST3K, which is making the whole thing bearable. Watched “Pod People”…

The problem with this reasoning is that, while it may seem plausible to think that some vindictive person might come forward with false allegations JUST to “ruin someone’s life,” the fact is that when they come after a celebrity, whether or not he did it, it is their OWN lives they are ruining, and they know it. Just…

And she just keeps dunking on him.