Bob Bradley has been sacked as head coach of the USMNT, allegedly because of the performance of the side during the CONCACAF (could somebody please rename the regional association?) Gold Cup. This has been long in coming, and Bradley has had his share of detractors...
Author: Dave Brockington
Born in San Jose, grew up in Seattle, received a Ph.D. in poli sci from University of Washington in 2000. I worked for three years at Universiteit Twente in Enschede, Netherlands, and have worked at the University of Plymouth for 16 academic years now in Plymouth, United Kingdom. I also currently serve as joint campaign coordinator for the Plymouth Sutton & Devonport Constituency Labour Party.
John McCain, letting his "maverick" out, in response to Tea Partiers who believe that the Democrats and Obama would get the full blame for a default: By that flawed logic,.
The Democratic Strategist has a piece entitled "GOP Voter Suppression Scams Spreading Fast". It's mostly a discussion (and reposting) of a Washington Post op-ed by Katrina vanden Heuval. My favorite bit:.
I know it will come as little surprise to LGM readers, and for those who have yet to see this, apparently the Bush tax cuts have a greater absolute responsibility for the current deficit / debt ceiling manufactured debate than either the entire aggregate policy...
and even by his advanced standards of batshit crazy, he manages to break new ground.
Somebody is clutching at straws.
I'm not one who immediately wrote off Michele Bachmann's chances to secure the GOP nomination, and Scott L's observations on July 11 are sensible. Over at The Democratic Strategist, however, there's a good piece on why Bachmann is potentially encountering obstacles. I discount the argument...
Geoff Baker has a decent, and balanced, post on the construction of the historically inept offense of the 2011 Seattle Mariners (unfortunately, my preferred team playing "baseball" since 1977). Placing.
The headline that ran yesterday for this article implied that the writing was on the wall for the Cameron government. I thought then that this was overstated, and indeed this morning the.
And if this is a spoiler for you, cope. During the match (which my wife insisted we watch in a pub, and being the good doting husband, I dutifully agreed) I was exchanging texts with an English mate of mine back in Plymouth (who flew...
You don't say. "Some nations have strategic oil reserves. Some keep grain reserves. China has both, and something others have somehow overlooked: a national pork reserve." China is releasing a portion.
as Silver writes about new Gallup data. Summarized, public opinion overwhelmingly prefers a mix of tax increases and spending cuts to the Republican's zero tolerance approach to increasing revenue. The.