I *love* that Jez has covered this. Harris Wofford is truly one of the great American treasures, and no one knows about him. He got JFK to pick up the phone and call Coretta Scott King and offer support while MLK was in jail, and probably contributed to him winning the election. He shaped the Peace Corps- which is…

It’s a little weird but who cares? And the fact that they’ve been together for 15 years kind of speaks to the fact that it isn’t just a boy toy situation.

“Robert E. Lee” came in second.

Text is a poor medium for expressing my reaction to that bill. I would definitely suggest more coverage than you think you need, ESPECIALLY for towing and recovery. In almost twenty years, I’ve never once dealt with a boat claim that involved recovery where the owner had adequate coverage. They’re usually much more…

So, as the username reads, I’m an adjuster. Just handled part of a marina fire, specifically a couple of the boats involved. Pretty sad to see normal policies for normal, older boats that only include $7-10k coverage in recovery and clean-up, and the actual bill per boat was almost $80k. Yep, the owner is on the hook…

I was stuck in an airport for most of Sunday and devoured the latest New Yorker, including this story. Not gonna lie, I enjoyed it immensely, it’s a wonderfully written article full of all kinds of ethical questions. But I disagree with Jez’ assumption that Talese at any point thinks Foos’ “research” has any kind of…

You don’t see how buying a motel and specifically setting it up to allow you to watch hundreds of people having sex without their consent for over two decades and then taking creepy notes on it is different from accidentally coming across some people having sex in a forest, getting an eyeful for a few minutes, and…

And they are both going to profit from it.

One of the most disturbing things in the original article was that Foos AND Talese clearly felt (and explicitly stated) that because the guests didn’t know this was happening it wasn’t a real crime - a no harm-no foul approach to consent that is truly terrifying.

for sure but the call is deeeeeeply coming from inside the house in a way that makes me stop and say... why

I normally enjoy reading Angry Asian Man, but I don't feel like he understood who the butt of the joke of that poem is supposed to be. When I first read that poem I was 95% certain it was mocking the practice of white urbanites/hipster/foodie types Columbusing ethnic cuisines to feel culturally superior. I feel like…

Which one has the cartoons I don’t understand?

Well... Europe does have some frighteningly far right factions. Like facism far-right. But that is an entire continent. The Scottish themselves seem very cool.

Always a fun reminder that Europe’s conservatives are our mainstream Democrats and their Neo-Nazis are our mainstream Republicans.

I’m personally a fan of the ‘one cop at the driver’s side window and then another out of nowhere at the passenger’s side’ get’s me every time

There’s an interesting tactic used by the state troopers in my state: Go to the passenger’s side.

Colbert’s performance at the WHPC dinner was one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen. There are so many comedians out there whining “freeze peach” whenever someone points out that their act is shitty, and here’s Colbert dropping truth bombs right on the President to his face.

And you know what, the night before he had some rather kind words to say about Scalia, which I found very endearing. (I’m no fan of Scalia). That he was the only person who came up to Stephen after the WHPC dinner and tell him how funny he was and how he enjoyed the jokes Stephen made about him.

Oooh, I feel you! After he left Texas, he worked in the office of the large DC law firm where I worked. I can’t tell the story because it might out me but within days of arriving he established that he was such a greedy, arrogant, shitty human being that I came home from work and told my husband I wanted to punch that…

He was a partner in the Houston office of my law firm prior to running for Congress. Despite being largely conservative and Republican, everyone in the office (and the firm, generally) loathed him, so much so that to this day, no one wants to use his former office. It’s considered tainted.