If you're fighting gender stereotypes, don't close off with a cheap joke to reinforce them. I don't think that's what your readership is here for. Otherwise an interesting post.

Missouri seems to have gone D (according to CNN, that is) and VA looks to be about the same. My concern is with Montana... Tester (D) has been holding the lead (up to 12,000 votes at various points) but his lead seems to be shrinking with every precinct added (it's at around 7,000 right now), and we're only at 74% reporting so far.

I don't know BaconBocaBurger, how much do you have to lose? You said it yourself: "without a trial." No trial means that there's no reason to believe these people are prostitutes -- regardless of what you think of the punishment.

You're clearly very knowledgeable about these things, but the likelihood of someone being falsely accused in such a situation is pretty high.

Among the litany of human rights abuses documented in China there are a notable number of abuses specific to women. This includes the social acceptance of violence against women, human abduction and trafficking, educational and employment discrimination and the killing or abandoning of female infants.

It sounds like you have some reading to do before the next time you spout off.

Thanks for an intelligent and measured response to the nuts who were clearly unable or incapable of actually reading your previous article. As always, an insider's perspective on the aviation industry is invaluable and appreciated.

Kudos.

I'm sure many people refrigerate products not only as a preservative measure, but also because (gasp!) they want a chilled product. I didn't notice any admonishment for those consumers who leave their (non-perishable) cans of beer in the fridge, though I'd bet that's one of the most frequent "unnecessary" items found in fridges.

I'd appreciate a better case (with some sound science) made for whether having an extra few condiments in your fridge door is truly deleterious to the efficient operation of your fridge. The article seems to assume that this is the case without ever showing it to be so.

You need an educated population, not an armed one.

I'm just waiting to hear that a timetable on the veto will embolden the...

It's not a counterpoise, karrsic, it's an additional example.

I think there's a giant vacuum where there should be informed opinion about what to do about the future of air travel, and am glad to have someone knowledgeable about the industry present their opinions about it.

At this point it's kind of meaningless to worry about what exactly you said. You drove intoxicated and that "lesson" will probably hit deeper than any of the words that came out of your mouth.

How can that have not even crossed your mind? This is fucking ridiculous.

The notion that there is some rational or reasonable core to the conservative movement is, at least in modern times, a false one.

Going back far further than the Bush and Regan presidencies, the conservative movement has espoused theories unsupported by science or even just reasonable examination. The people who support these theories and ideologies do so either out of ignorance or out of a very clear understanding of how they themselves stand to benefit.

When there are people in the world -- even within the wealthy United States -- who starve and go unfed, who are sick and go uncared for and who are vulnerable and are taken advantage of, and when society is capable of resolving these injustices and doesn't, a party which stands for the status quo stands for their abuse and death. The party name itself argues for keeping things as is, and this ambivalence to the massive injustices which go on every day, in your country's hospitals, schools, inner cities and on her farms is a disgrace to any human who cares about the welfare of others. The idea that everything is going well is as rational as declaring that a ship is no longer sinking once you're safely on a lifeboat.

Giving money to the wealthy in lieu of funding programs which the poor deserve doesn't help the poor. Allowing insurance companies to make money at the expense of their clients doesn't provide people with better healthcare. Removing government controls on pollution doesn't result in less pollution. These are all things that an 8-year old could tell you, but apparently a well groomed man in an expensive suit can convince a nation that he genuinely believes otherwise.

You normally write a great column. This one, however, has a bunch of problems.

Macs are boutiqueware at this point. They simply don't hit the price points that low-end PCs hit, because they're not low-end hardware. For many people, this is an extravagance that is simply unnecessary. Apple doesn't offer any real low-end options, despite what people say about the Mac mini.

Resale value is also misleading. If you have $300 to spend on a computer, it doesn't really matter that Apple's $1000 computers will retain much more of their purchase value. Implying that this somehow helps people who don't have the means to afford a Mac in the first place is kind of like chiding the poor for renting and not owning their homes, because, duh, it's cheaper!

Also there's a whole thing about ease of upgrades, which could be factored into the cost however you want to. Mac minis age poorly in my experience specifically because of these limitations. Upgrades are expensive and options are limited.

Apple makes great computers. My lab is filled with them, and I love using them. That said, my home desktop and laptop are both PCs, and will remain so for quite some time. I don't have the money for a Mac -- I know exactly how much they cost.