Death Panels. That’s what we were promised.

As a teacher, I see how punishment has limits. At some point, the “bad” kids figure, if they’re going to get detention and social shame, why not earn it and live it up? And if you put too many kids in detention it stops working as a deterrent.  In the end, the entire system gets dragged down in a corrupt hellscape. 

This is what it comes down to: He wants ideas, not people. As Commander Fred says in Handmaid’s Tale: “Better for all is not necessarily better for everyone.” (If you’re going to read Huxley and Orwell, you HAVE to read Atwell—but Offred’s fate is a tad more personal than Savage or Smith’s). Nothing he lists…

I agree about early CGI but I have to recommend the Jim Carey/Robert Zemeckis Christmas Carol. Like the 1955 Alistair Sims’ version (also great), it is a ghost story (read: scary). The visit of Jacob Marley (who I am fascinated by) and each of the three ghosts are scary, each in their own way. Seeing Scrooge drift…

In “The Life of Riley” one-man, Charles Nelson Riley (sp?) talks about asking Holbrook what was in his paper bag as they waited outside their acting class.  Holbrook told him he did this one-man Twain show at local high schools for money.  Riley then went on about how many Tony’s, Emmy’s and the like he’d earned over…

Mr. Dawes is my favorite character, and the tuppence song my favorite of the whole musical.

One consideration is how the status you inherited came at the cost of another.

Two problems underlay the entire Rowling universe:

I thought the author said the original books were pretty much perfect. Rowling, like many authors, do great when they write about their world.

Why isn’t he facing the camera?

Teacher here. I think it was a solid assignment, but the family seemed to be the weak link (second: admin). What a great teachable moment, undercut by adults afraid of upsetting their fragile snowflake (the real snowflakes are children of the right).

The problem is the kid learns nothing here.

Agreed. The kid made a HUGE mistake. He learns nothing from it.

Teacher here. We have a crazy amount of pressure to “be creative” and “let kids explore” and let them “make mistakes” and everything is a “teachable moment.” I believe in these ideas, but it makes every project a hellscape because kids make POOR CHOICES. This was one.

You mean, does it prove that institutional racism keeps blacks down? It does.

Most exciting football game ever?  Regular season, perhaps.  I can think of a few Superbowls that were pretty thrilling, mixed with the highest of high stakes.

Ilhan Omar Is Working to Get Rid of a 181-Year-Old Ban on Religious Headwear in the House

Give Rufus a story. A moment. More of a monologue. Something other than being a plot device only. We should care because the character, not only because Claire cares.

I’m tired of people being tried in the court of public opinion!  This belongs in some sort of dart court--where they can get to the bottom of it!

We really are back to that pseudo-science moment where we know JUST enough real science to get every conclusion wrong. And those conclusions only encourage the worst thoughts in us. If Warren and Gladwell are happily dipping into this stuff, I really can’t think anyone will hold Trump back if he acts on any of it (too…