It cannot be easy to be one of her sons in high school. No matter how empowering it is, the downstream effect on kids sucks. I went to school with a kid who had been to 5 different schools thanks to his mother’s Playboy appearance. Kids are really cruel.

So, games that aren’t on national TV don’t count? The league is essentially admitting that, “The officiating is terrible, so we won’t let you see it, if we can help it. We won’t stop it, but you won’t see it. Everything cool?”

So, he got elected, became Chief of Staff (one of the most powerful positions in America), gave that up to be Mayor of Chicago (via election). Sounds like failure to me, if you define it as successfully achieving every professional goal.

If someone cannot imagine sourcing information from alternative sources when a primary source becomes unavailable, or can’t fathom the challenge of gauging the caloric content of foods without one specific app, they deserve to be judged. Sure, weight watchers failed in their duty to provide a consistent, reliable app.…

Are there people out there who are unaware that parenting is stressful, usually dirty (kids are gross), and sometimes fraught with conflict? Who have never had a drink after a long day, once the kids are down or an SO has taken over kid management?

My argument isn’t that they need the veterans so much for playing time, but to mentor younger players on how to deal with the NBA environment. 82 games. Travel. Groupies. Multiple levels of management. Criticism. Losing. Losing some more.

Okafor is 19. He needs a role model, not the opposite. Find me an adult voice for him that isn’t an authority figure connected to his boss. There aren’t any veterans on the team, and young guys in the NBA traditionally learn how to conduct themselves (and get away with shit) from veterans. Veterans also teach young…

One of the things the Sixers haven’t done is get any serious NBA veterans. No one on the roster is over 24. Frustrated young guys with money make bad decisions. Put them in a position that they’ve never been in; that is, not only no success, but no hope of success, add the fun of random verbal abuse by people intent…

I’m always befuddled by people who aggressively proclaim their chastity. Who cares? Worse, it implies that the chaste person is more moral than us plebs who enjoy sex without a care to outmoded religious prescription.

$25 million. C'mon. I would drag myself around the court on my elbows for that kind of cash.

The overriding problem with Selma wasn’t the art or the performances, it was the purposeful, and altogether unnecessary misstatement of historical fact and inaccurate portrayal of some historical figures.

Really? Are all men rapists, too? How about black guys? All criminals? Cops are no more monolithic than any other group, and good luck trying to function in a society without them.

Corsets are dumb as shit. They’re dangerous, especially when people with utterly incompatible body types try to (against all available medical information) “train” their waists or reposition fat.

You’re right, I didn’t consider the lockout year. You can’t argue that they won on merit, that year...I recall some Bull injuries.

Doesn’t matter. If roles were reversed and she had a child by another man, it would be utterly typical for her husband to be ordered to pay support for the child, despite the absence of biological relation.

“Best interest of the child...”, is how the courts typically determine support obligations. They got this right.

I’m sympathetic, but men have been forced by courts to support children of no biological relation forever. “The best interest of the child”, argument prevails every time. This can’t be an injustice just because it happened to a famous woman. (Although I'd wager we won't read subsequent stories about her non-payment of…

Lifelong Sixer fan, here. You’re outa your fucking mind. I’ve never been more insulted by an ownership group, which is why they aren’t getting any of my money, and precious little of my attention. I will never, ever buy season tickets or any ticket package again. I wouldn't bring little kids to watch the Sixers; the…

He wrote the book after going “undercover”. Amy Heckerling directed Fast Times.

You have no evidence whatsoever that midwifery is more scientifically sophisticated. You don’t appear to appreciate nomenclature or understand how statistics work.