The divorce rate does not constitute an "attack" on marriage. Is like saying that there's an attack on life because you have a 100% chance of dying rather than living forever. While it's possible that Williams is not a right-wing, anti-gay pundit, his words were poorly chosen.

As far as I know, Keith isn't a vegan. Have you people seen his "I'm in New Orleans" comics? Perhaps he reformed recently, but I'm pretty sure that the Keffster chows down on turkey every T-day.

I think the point is merely to recognize what you are putting into your own belly.

I would have thought you might have done a TOUCH more research on the candidates before providing a voters' guide that called Huckabee anything but completely anti-gay. I'm not even following his campaign, and I'm not from Arkansas, but I could have told you what a homophobe he was four years ago.

I'm shocked that these men are ever let out of prison. Crimes of passion (shot your wife's lover, killed someone in a dispute, etc.), I can kind of understand, especially if the killer is capable of remorse. But anyone who abducts a teenager and brutally rapes and murders her - is that kind of person capable of feeling, much less expressing remorse? That kind of crime is inhuman. I can't believe that parole or a sentence being commuted is even possible for those people.

Why the hell does the "interviewer" have to go and make evolution sound so pointless and cold and awful? For me, the very idea that we exist due to a random process, makes our lives and our experience as humans (and as part of the animal kingdom) seem that much more fascinating, wondrous, and beautiful. Pretending that it's all here due to some conscious intervention is significantly less interesting to me, to say nothing of believability.

"I would think the biggest challenge that evolutionary theory poses to most religions is the sense that there's no inherent meaning in the world. If you look at the process of natural selection -- this apparently random series of genetic mutations -- it would seem that there's no place for ultimate purpose. Human beings may just be an evolutionary accident."

Ah, good. Well, I guess if it's a troubling thought, you should just push it aside. No need to make your brain hurt or feel uncomfortable about your place in the universe. Let's find a way to explain your existence, even if it is completely unprovable, just so you feel better, shall we?

"This summer, the Washington Post's Robin Givhan wrote a piece about a shirt the senator wore that revealed that she was the possessor of secondary sexual characteristics."

Sentences like these are why I've always loved reading Rebecca's articles and why I continue paying for a Premium subscription to Salon. Thanks for making my evening. :)

That site is not offering salvation. It's merely telling you to buy more stuff and sit home alone with your single-serving microwave dinners. I can't think of a sadder way to be single, and according to my mother, I'm one of the saddest singles out there!

I'm pretty certain that I'm backing Obama in this race, but I don't really see a comment like that as an egregious pox on the Clinton campaign. Look, some people freak out about past drug use, other people don't care. I don't care, but Bob Johnson might. It's actually OK to criticize people for something you don't agree with. It's not really a smear if it's true.

It's kind of cute that you proclaim Bush was heading into the White House with no idea that he would be a war president. It's well-known that Bush had every intention of figuring out a way to invade Iraq - he would have done it one way or another.

I've long been embarrassed by my total adoration Ledger, beginning with "10 Things I Hate About You". It was a cute film, with some stupidity thrown in, but I utterly fell for Ledger during that one, light-hearted film. Since then, I've watched everything he's done with utter devotion.

I don't usually mourn celebrity deaths, although almost any death is tragic. I will mourn this one, though.

"Her debt itself is laughable small -- $10,700? please! that's the cost of a SMALL USED CAR. Modestly-off individuals all over the place manage to purchase and pay off small used cars over a 3-4 year period of time. And the minimum credit card payment on $10K would be awfully small -- well under $100 a month."

Wow, you are all sorts of clueless. Do you know how much money she would have spent paying off that amount at the minimum payment rate?

First of all, her interest rate would be something like 17% or higher - that means a minimum payment of roughly $270. Plug that into bankrate.com and you get the following:

"It will take you 389 months to be rid of your debt. In that time, you will pay $15,665.24 in interest."

That's right - 32 years to pay off a credit card. I think emptying a 401K, getting rid of the debt, and starting over again with the 401K makes more sense.

Yes, the author may seem like a spoiled, rich brat to you, but she made the right decision. I've been through what she's going through. Our story is incredibly common, regardless of our issues of entitlement.

If the Timothy McVeighs of the world were more numerous - if they let off bombs in Indonesia, Spain, the UK, and Israel, not to mention all over occupied territories, on a regular basis, you bet your sweet bippy we'd call them Christian terrorists. There simply aren't enough of them to warrant as terrifying a threat, and they don't usually shout "In the name of Jesus!" before blowing up cafe.

Seriously. Go into business for yourself. You work on small projects, you get the fun and none of the office politics. I've been doing it for years and I love it.