"They say “the ‘mandarin juicers’ are to Asians what Aunt Jemima is to African-Americans" Probably not a great choice for that example.. since Aunt Jemima brand is still sold (yeah there was that 'ma...

There are plenty of us who support all of the rights protected by the Constitution. We just aren't very vocal about it. And kindof OT.. the best thing the ACLU could ever do, imo, is to revise their ...

It's really quite incorrect to continue to identify this individual as a "Yuengling driver"....

"according to Alan Rosner, a retired strategic and business analyst, and known opponent of the arena" Fixed that for you....

AFAICT most of the 'psychotic pride' crowd doesn't even have Asperger's. They just read too much slashdot....

According to Arbitron's website, the July Peoplemeter book closes tomorrow. He's playing everyone so that he gets a bit more $ out of the advertisers....

bv2112: That's a big if. What if there had been increases in energy costs? Is it still fair to expect things to improve? Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying metro is perfect or that people shouldn't c...

Unless the nanny is also serving as a wet nurse, I don't think so. ...

bv2112 you seem to be living in some sort of fantasy land. How can a fare increase that is due to a budget shortfall also result in improvements? Don't forget that Metro is also affected by the rise i...

So, old city, how would FOIA impact a semi-public institution?...

"Usury, to be clear about it, is rich people taking advantage of poor people by lending them money on terms that are sure to make them fail." This doesn't make any sense, since you don't make any mon...

"She just kind of shrugged and said "major delays, all lines. No idea when it will clear." Did she have the information about the signaling problems and what was causing them? If she didn't, she shoul...

"We understand holding some things back so you get it right, but it's very easy for non-Metro enthusiasts to look at this, roll their eyes, and scoff that mass transit has "failed" again." Just anoth...

SP obviously there are good regulations and there are bad regulations. The NAIS proposal, which is completely different from the produce barcoding we were discussing, appears to be a bad regulation (t...

"The stories I saw gave the impression the employees were all for working more for those four days in return for the extra day off." The story on NPR had at least one employee who was not sure how sh...

The anti-regulator's cry is always "small businesses!!!" But I don't see anything that is all that difficult to implement at the grower's level. They just need some barcode printers and a basic reco...

IMDB lists it as 152 minutes.. so they sat there for 2.5 hours? It couldn't have been that bad, then. However if the AC was non-functional, the theater should have been communicating to customers bef...

That paragraph is correct, it just needs clarification. The second mention of Giants is the baseball Giants....

Oh yeah? Well they rejected my op-ed, too. Welcome to the club, John. While I understand the NYT's reasoning, I do wonder how much they considered the practical effects of this decision. This will be...

Women are generally exempt from removing hats during the anthem. It's similar to how they can wear hats to church (and yes, the real reason is so that their hair is not messed up). According to some,...