It's easy to laugh at Clint Eastwood's loony speech at the Republican National Convention because he was held up as a serious commentator and then delivered, well, this.
The video of Chris Christie yelling at a guy on a boardwalk at the Jersey Shore showed the New Jersey governor in a less than flattering light, but as one incisive commenter points out, it's the light that usually reveals a person's true self.
The comment we liked on Dashiell Bennett's reporting of the amazing San Diego fireworks debacle wasn't one of the many, many premature ejaculation jokes, lame budget comparisons, or echoes of "dude that would have been so cool."
Dashiell Bennett's story about the lawmaker who pressed the wrong button to legalize fracking in North Carolina does suggest a simple fix needed in the voting system.
One commenter has seconded our plea for a little more decorum in discussing Lindsay Lohan following the breaking non-news that the actress was a wee bit tired today.
The Atlantic Wire's Richard Lawson put forward several theories Tuesday for the American television watcher's recent fit of anglophilia, but none of them were quite so bluntly stated as the theory of our featured commenter, HFgm: British TV is better.
Naturally, John Hudson's post about Ron Paul supporters furious over Rand Paul's endorsement of Mitt Romney drew many Ron Paul-supporting comments.
The news that a group of scientists think the earth may have reached a "tipping point" beyond which the climate becomes inhospitable to human life and there's nothing we can do to stop it, is pretty scary stuff, unless you have the right attitude.
It's one thing to observe that the app-makers are running out of ideas, as Rebecca Greenfield did on Wednesday, but it's a whole new level of mean to compare all of online to a Dilbert cartoon.
We did not choose our featured comment today because it was overly pithy or insightful, but because it made a point that's worth more discussion.
The cranky comments section of Rebecca Greenfield's post on Hollywood's beef with Silicon Valley started to reflect the post itself, though with the notable absence of anybody defending Hollywood or its representative, Ari Emanuel.
Mitt Romney's painless decision to release his birth certificate in response to rumors that he might be a unicorn has given those who love to hate birthers ample opportunity to riff on their flaws.
Our readers love having an incisive discussion about Mad Men after reading Jen Doll's incisive analysis of the show, and Tuesday's was particularly sharp.
Mark Zuckerberg still has at least one fan after that fiasco of an IPO, but it has nothing to do with his business maneuverings.
It's true: Our little gimmicks to bring in readers pack far less bang than The Daily Caller's plan to give out a gun a week until election day.
A couple of commenters touched on a good point tangential to Jen Doll's No Sympathy For the Singles, but we're only featuring the one that taught us a new word.
In this time of big Facebook headlines, today's commenter borrowed wisdom from the movie The Social Network to address another set of fighting tech entrepreneurs.
The death of Donna Summer touched a lot of people, many of them our readers, and reminded us of a bygone era not just of musical genre but of technology.
Sometimes the pictures just don't match the words, as with today's breathless reporting of a possible run on Greek banks accompanied by photos of ATM users calmly standing in line.
Nothing has been cut and dry in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case, especially Strauss-Kahn's claim his encounter with Nafissatou Diallo was entirely consensual and he was set up, and at this point our readers readily mock suggestions his version could be the truth.
Covering Ron Paul just wouldn't be the same without the (sometimes vociferous) input from readers loyal to him.
Sometimes it's the simple points that we need to be reminded of most, which commenters demonstrated in their responses to Jen Doll's post on that "attachment child" featured Friday morning on The Today Show.
Nothing gets commenters going like a TSA outrage story: Responses to Alex Abad-Santos' post about an 18-month-old who made the no-fly list ranged from snarky to serious, but the two that made us snort imagined the baby as an actual terrorist.
We love our commenters, especially when they dive into conflicts near to our hearts like the cultural divide between New York and San Francisco, and even when their points don't make sense at first blush.
A lot of people weighed in on John Hudson's post about the "swift-boating" of President Barack Obama, most either to remind us of George W. Bush's "Mission Accomplished" moment, or to call Obama a socialist, but one take on the ad actually was pretty original.
Responding to today's post on Newt's relationship to evangelicals, commenter "stefanstackhouse" writes:
We're not sure Herman Cain would like this commenter's newer, sexier version of his foreign policy map.
One commenter doesn't get why the U.S. needs to listen to the credit rating agency
Nothing too invasive, we're sure
Then maybe there wouldn't be a lockout next season, suggests one commenter
Noting the "lousy job" that all networks are doing to educate viewers
His assumed expertise on Venezuela reminds our commenter of a commercial
So it's OK to remain scared
It's May, it's New York, you're getting paid--things could be worse
Only two types of people will be getting their updates
Two commenters on the Redskins owner's proclivity for legal action
A young nudist comes forward with a proposal
You'd think a $1 million compound would have better mattresses
The Atlantic Wire regrets the error
Why we should have seen the location revelations coming
There's precedent for HBO's 'Goon Squad' adaptation
A commenter questions whether it was even smart from a scientific standpoint
How do television doctors spend their free time?
Five Guys and In-N-Out do battle in the comments
An attempt to make sense of the Internet's first days
50,000 new jobs less impressive when you realize how much they pay
Putting the Fukushima leak in perspective
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