You are safer in a bathroom with a trans woman than in a pup tent with a youth pastor.

Well played. And frighteningly accurate.

"Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil."

Thomas Mann

So Trump has nominated The Penguin for secretary of the Navy? He’s not even trying now. #thepenguin #idiocracy

I'm totally OK with being called woke. It just means that I'm showing off my green flags. Happy to follow others with green flags.

#woke

Several weeks before the election, a ‘friend’ on another site said she was voting for him ‘because he’s an alpha and that’s what this country needs.’ That confirmed my opinion that’s she’s an idiot.

TBH I think this would make a great billboard. What do you guys think?

Not to ruin the wonderfully positive vibes on this site, but is anyone else here concerned that American society, politics, and culture have become morally and psychologically addled?

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A year ago, I wrote a review of Erik Larson's "In the Garden of Beasts," an account of the US Ambassador to Germany's tenure there in the early-mid 30s.

I shared lessons from the account that feel more relevant now than ever.

Here is a snippet of them:

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Don’t like a book? Don’t read it. Pretty simple.