I’ve been wondering for a while now what caused the boom in superhero movies. I think you nailed it, thanks.

To the Arrogant Earthling who thinks he Speaks for other Earthlings:

In my twenties I went through a “read everything about the Holocaust” phase and was stunned to come across a group called Bibelforscher (sp?) which means “Bible Students” who believed in following Romans 13:1 to the letter.

Agree, though I’m sad this is reality. I found Penley’s letter and Michael’s response very touching. It gave me a sense of poingnant nostalgia for an America that I grew up believing in that I found out never existed.

Thank you for explaining this. I’ve always wondered why white people are so messed up over the word racism. This clarifies it perfectly.

Killed it. I need this poster on my office wall!

Barney Fife thought he was Dirty Harry. So do these cops. There aren’t enough Andy Taylors around to rein them in and save the citizenry.

It depends. If you had a stable childhood with great, woke, loving parents you’re going to become your true self a whole lot sooner than someone who had a troubled upbringing with dysfunctional parents, who suffered trauma in their formative years.

Straight white guys like to bring up the Bible a lot for their own purposes. But when was the last time they brought out the scripture that says there will come a time when “the first will be last and the last will be first”?

I saw it but didn’t read it—the title was enough. The truth is, I was seriously surprised that after Obama left the White House that he didn’t take his family and defect to another country. And I really didn’t see who could blame him, for all the reasons Monique relates.

There is never a reason for a white person (particularly American white person) to use that word. You found an acceptable way to avoid it. Yes, it may feel a little awkward spelling it out like that in conversation. That’s not even close to how generations of black people have felt having that ugly, deliberately…

I heard Vin Diesel was rebooting Miami Vice. Should have lots more fast car smash-ups. And the new Crocektt and Tubbs will probably be women. I wonder if Sunny (as opposed to Sonny) Crockett will be sockless and unshaved?

Good for you. You sound like a good teacher, one who will to live up to the title.

My Dad’s a disillusioned vet and my mom doesn’t believe in pledging blind allegiance to anything (especially not a piece of cloth which she, not unreasonably, considers idolatry). So their children did not do the Pledge. They didn’t force their beliefs on us. They explained their thinking and we compared it to the…

I only know what I read here, but it makes sense to me, especially with your information, that the child might have panicked and jumped at the thought of being taken from his mother and left with an abusive man, if that is the case.

It seems that because she’s a woman and black that people are rushing to judgment on her. Do we have any eye witness proof that she killed the child? If the husband was abusive and the seven-year-old suffered abuse from his father, isn’t it even remotely possible that the child jumped of his own volition if he thought…

Yes to everything you just said. Also, if racism is gone, as Michael is continually told, why would his accusing people of racism be met with such a violent rebuttal and cries of race baiting? Wouldn’t he just be smiled at and ignored?

Fat is lost through breathing. If you have difficulties breathing due to childhood diseases and genetics then losing weight is going to be almost impossible by all normal routes. In addition, mental and emotional issues play into how a person loses weight. I’ve seen loved ones deal with all of these things in their…

I agree, this is excellent. It only needs on slight modification. Instead of a brief flashback scene, they need a brief Flashdance scene. To the song “Maniac.”

Exactly! And why is that people who want to convince you they aren’t racist always do this sort of “earnest swearing.” Like if they curse and get really raw everyone’s duty bound to believe them. Because they’re just so REAL.