They're everywhere in West Virginia, which is especially ironic when you consider why West Virginia exists

wait is this WaPo opinion about personal liberties or free markets, I can't tell which pillar they're doing

Preemptive shoutout for bookmarks.reviews, the rottentomatoes for book reviews.

Roman Year
--Andre Aciman
Beautiful nonfiction prose in a coming of age story from author of Call Me By Your Name

yeah their whole shtick is making fun of anyone who cares about anything, which isn't "down-the-middle" so much as apathy posing as nihilism

It's like Hunter Thompson's explanation of why it was safe for politicians to be seen with him. The problem with falling into the gutter isn't the gutter, it's the fall. If you're in the gutter to begin with, there's nothing to worry about.

took my roommate's puppy camping once and when we got back to the trailhead he threw up a pile of rocks and a bee and looked so happy about it

The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground.

"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.

"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.

This right here, this exact sentence, is THE problem in American political journalism.

The IRA *was* cheap energy and good jobs! That was the whole bill! Democrats did precisely what political pundits are telling them to do and the pundits just ignore it.

"MeToo#" is a solid sign that someone is very familiar with the movement and has definitely done their homework here. Finger on the pulse.

we must not allow a worthless money pit gap

also love how the "we must go to Mars" arguments always forget to include anything specifically good or important about Mars