And the day matters- this wasn't a Sunday afternoon with few people, it's rush hour on Monday- more people in the vicinity, and more work disrupted. You always report the local time, day or date. Australians don't say the WTC went down on the 12th of September....

I would have thought that Americans would do whatever they could to avoid confirming the view that they are ignorant about the outside world.

ORIGIN STORY!!!!

Tina Fey took a risk. Why does that obligate her to do more? Instead of generally asking female comedians to speak up, you call out Tina to elaborate on an issue she has no direct (as far as we know) connection to. I just don't get it. Amy Poehler, please make a statement about Ferguson! Rachel Dratch, stop…

I don't know that I agree that it's pussyfooting. Sure, it would be nice if she happened to give an interview where she said "oh by the way, Bill Cosby is a piece of shit" or whatever. But the fact is that she's a comedy writer and performer. She had a national platform on two shows that she either ran or was the head…

No it's not "equally possible". I work representing kids in the foster care situation. The majority of time you see this pattern, there are multiple fathers.

There is a wide age difference between the kids, with the oldest being 14 and the youngest being one she is still pregnant with, AND the oldest didn't immediately call the dad when faced with abandonment. I'd imagine if they all had the same dad, the father would still be present pretty often - as in, often enough to…

It's been done.

Guys, what are we gonna do if he actually comes here and eats all the bread?

So if you were covering Congress for one day, you'd show up in jeans? Dress codes are a thing. I find it hard to believe you're a working journalist and don't get that.

The problem is he's trying to tell us he's the reincarnation of Walter Cronkite crossed with Ernest Hemingway and he ain't removing his flack jacket, baptised in the bullets of innumerable frontline assignments, for a couple of pansy-assed Royals, by gum.

Ask her if she's Raffey.

Look at Abbott sucking up to Poot Poot with koalas. A few weeks ago he was threatening to shirt-front him. Sook.

My favorite piece of clothing is my grandfather's all silk tuxedo he had made for him in 1973. He wasn't wealthy, but wanted something nice to wear, so he got what was fashionable at the time, which was the classic James Bond shawl collar. Not only is it by far the nicest tux at any party, it fits me perfectly, it's…

My best friend growing up had freckles. I did not. I was always jealous of her and she was always jealous of me. One day her grandpa, comforting her about her freckles, said "a girl without freckles is like a night without stars" and I wept. I'm still weeping. I want freckles goddamnit.

That's my experience, too. This needs to get out tonight? Oh, but you need to pick up your kid at 4. Awesome.

Not that I don't doubt how much time kids take up, but eating lunch at once's desk is not a symbol of "OMG, SO BUSY!" Everyone does it. Literally everyone. I do, and I don't have kids. All my colleagues do and only two of them (men) have kids.

That's been my experience as well. Still anecdotal, but I can't count how many times I've been asked to cover for parents going to soccer games, or assigned to teach sucky night and weekend classes, or fewer classes, because I don't have kids and therefore don't need money or a livable schedule.

I wish that had been my experience with my bosses (who have 2 and 3 kids), but unfortunately it hasn't been, unless "productivity" means getting someone else to pick up your slack and then taking credit for it. One would think parenthood does make you better at multitasking and organizing, but it hasn't worked for…