"Mr. Draper, are you saying Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?"Isn't it a little distracting to have Conrad Hilton being played by Eddie Harris?
Month: October 2009
I'm sure a lot of our students are hoping that we'll adopt Fred Hiatt's rigorous standards for assessing the veracity of claims* published in his op-ed pages:Me: I always like.
This NYT story argues that the American legal system and the culture in general have become far less lenient toward adults having sex with minors since the wild and crazy.
The NYT reviews The Damned United, which piques my interest. When I have time, which latterly has not been plentiful, I devour film reviews, perhaps because Plymouth is not exactly in any one's cinematic top 20 (this is one of the things I miss the...
When I posted about the latest Twins choke against the Yankees below, I wasn't even aware of Phil Cuzzi's attempts to resemble a major league umpire. Which reminds me that.
To state the obvious, he's no Mariano Rivera. I'm glad I had plans so I didn't have to see it live...And despite Slappy's performance (not his first good postseason one.
It began with poorly-punctuated outrage:Are you frickin' kidding me? What a stupid joke. What a worthless award. Video of the announcement here. They put weight on his WORK? For Nuclear Weapons? All he has done is TALK! This is total BS!THE MAN HASN'T DONE ANYTHING!!Shortly...
Miriam and Elisha
Mr. Trend mounts a defense:And while you can and should argue that in many ways, Obama's policies reflect a return to Bill Clinton's, I don't think that holds in the.
Some excellent analysis from Plumer. The information about the aftermath of the C of C's decision to initially support Clinton's health care reform -- which, after all, was in the interests of many members -- is particularly instructive.
Say what now?In a stunning surprise, the Nobel Committee announced Friday that it had awarded its annual peace prize to President Obama “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy.
What the hell? I seriously thought it was a joke when I got back from teaching International Relations 503 for two hours to read this. He's been President for five.