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The political party supporters who think that Hollywood should keep its nose out of politics elected Ronald Reagan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Donald Trump. People who are pro-life but deny that climate change is a real, man-made problem, and think guns in a classroom are a smart idea do not understand hypocrisy. Here's my question about guns in a school, if the concern really is for safety: fire extinguishers are for safety, too. Fires don't always break out, but just in case they do, we have extinguishers in every classroom and in a few common areas of the school, like the cafeteria, auditorium, and gym. So since school shootings don't always happen, but only sometimes happen, here's what we'll do. Right next to the fire extinguishers, we'll put a loaded rifle in a glass case. There will be one in every classroom and in the common areas, like the cafeteria, auditorium, and gym. You know.... for safety. Confederate statues are monuments erected to people ...

“Right here is a good place to find your focus for class.   We’re here for ninety seconds.” I’m being urged to find that mental space between “you can do this” and “sweet tea, just kill me” by a woman in outstanding shape.   She has a soothing voice and a wireless headset.   For the next 55 minutes, she is going to execute some of the most complicated stretching and positioning techniques I've seen in my life. She is going to do these things with an ease that startles and confounds me.   Physically, my body does not believe that the words coming out of this woman’s mouth correspond to actions that it is capable of.   So I kind of laugh. Ninety seconds?   She may as well have said two weeks. I am the one man in a room of seventeen to twenty women.   They’re here for the same reason I am: to get into better shape.   Outwardly, the place looks nothing like a gym.   You don’t hear weights clanging together.   You don’t hear the pou...