This has me thinking that the NCAA is worried about something: NCAA President Mark Emmert says he supports a proposal to allow conferences to increase grants to student athletes by $2,000, "to more closely approach" the full cost of attending college, beyond the athletic scholarships...
Month: October 2011
TPM has a selection of quotes from Pat Buchanan's new book (although I noticed they didn't feature any from the chapter "Throw the Jew Down the Well: A Critique of.
I'm really glad the Huffington Post boycott has ended so I can again write about their terrible medical coverage. Why does the site give such an extensive platform to complete.
This story certainly sounds familiar: At this point, the Denver Broncos' attitude toward Tebow seems to be that you can hide making a mistake if you insist on making it repeatedly while loudly proclaiming that it's the opposite of a mistake. It's like the supply-side...
The fact that our security theater is being manned by perverts certainly makes me feel safer!
Last weekend, while I was in Oakland, I wandered over to Occupy Oakland for a bit. They had an interesting sort of public history exhibit. Someone had strung up a.
Barry Stentiford has a brief but strongly argued article at SWJ on the problems of the ethnically based nation state: Despite it faulty assumptions and deadly affects, the idea will not die. In briefings, conference panels, informational lectures, and classrooms, it has become the default...
I was thinking about putting up a post in response to Kevin Drum's unfortunate defense of aggressive border controls. But I moved slowly, and Matthew Yglesias and Chris Bertram came.
Manchester United 1 - 6 Manchester City. In the past, I would have absolutely delighted in this result. However, the cynic in me observes yet more evidence that in order.
are typically grim. It must be part of the genetic code for the Conservatives to bicker to the point of self-destruction over the EU; indeed, a Tory backbench revolt will surface in a vote tomorrow on whether or not the UK should hold a referendum...
Based on Adam's typology, I think Perry qualifies as "birther-curious."
Nice catch by Katha Polllitt. It's nice that Benjamin Barber has published a trite but unobjectionable piece urging liberals to fight. But this isn't really the week to be taking.