Comparison: His presence at the Al Smith dinner last night turned the event itself into kabuki theater, in which everyone participating...

Comparison: It’s more an attempt to scrub away the humiliating stain of womanhood from any trait or behavior before letting boys anywhere...

Comparison: . . . doing both [OS experts also writing programming languages] is akin to an Olympic high jumper also qualifying for the...

Comparison: . . . my idea of a marathon is more along the lines of binge-watching a whole season of ‘Emily in Paris’ It's not easy to...

Comparison: A stationary electron, much like the vibration of a guitar string, is a standing wave that vibrates with a preferred...

Comparison: ‘It wasn’t a fairy godmother waving a magic wand.’ A campaign aide for Kamala Harris noting the importance of a list of...

Comparison: ‘Eureka‘ may be a little awkward, but what it lacks in sophistication and slickness it makes up for in clumsy sweetness and...

Comparison: But that’s going to be hard because . . . I’ll have to teach a bunch of nice people how to be mean. And that’s going to be...

Comparison: [Headline:] “Masculinity’s check-engine light is on. Let Tim Walz have a look.“ Monica Hesse, writing a column in the...

Comparison: This leadership pattern, however, is all too familiar: when leaders make unethical decisions, the blast radius of pain is...

Comparison: He [Bruce Schneier] compared the situation to a house built in such a way that nailing a picture to the wall puts it at risk...

Comparison: ‘There is no shame in taking a well-deserved bow to the overflowing appreciation of the crowd when your arm is tired out, and...

Comparison: The story of Hart and the blonde [Donna Rice] didn’t just prove to be Hart’s undoing; it was the story that changed all the...

Comparison: The usually too-silent majority of Americans who actually like living in a democracy have discovered the two-meter exhaust...

Comparison: ‘We are super-thorough and kind of traditional in how we draft bills — meeting with stakeholders, doing outreach,‘ she said....

Comparison: . . . a lot of his other major policy goals from ending the Affordable Care Act [to] getting Mexico to pay for his border...

Comparison: Freezing usually doesn’t happen right at zero degrees for much the same reason that backyard wood piles don’t spontaneously...

Comparison: Although wolverines naturally prefer to live in snow-packed mountain habitats and aren't known to attack humans, the idea of...

Comparison: We all know now that the Pac-12 CEO Group turned into a disjointed, double-crossing, back-stabbing pack of gunslingers. The...

[The comparison from Thomas Friedman below is unusually long (compared to most analyzed in this blog). But, that's part of the point....