In accordance with the requirements of the Pundit-Blogger Accountability Act of 2010, here is my review of last year's predictions: Take it to the bank: Number of seats Democrats gain/lose in House: -31 (-63) Number of seats Democrats gain/lose in Senate: -3 (-6) Barack Obama Job...
Author: Robert Farley
Four brief points signifying my inability to resolve the contradiction between my contempt for the NCAA cartel and my love of college athletics: 1. Congratulations to the Stanford Cardinal on.
I'm sure that this will restore the dignity of amateur athletics, or something: Ohio State players facing five-game suspensions next season would not have traveled with the team to the.
Fascinating account of the archaeological investigation of the Battle of Towton. "Nasty, Brutish, and not that Short" is really a fabulous title for an article. I wonder which side the Farleys fought on; I'd like to think my ancestors had the good sense to fight for the...
A few links of note: China's DF-21 anti-ship-ballistic missiles are reportedly approaching operational capability. Oh, and China has built a prototype for a new stealth fighter-bomber, the J-20. My Defense.
My yays: Bert Blyleven Bert Blyleven Bert Blyleven* Robbie Alomar Jeff Bagwell Barry Larkin Edgar Martinez Mark McGwire Tim Raines Larry Walker *Anyone who argues in comments against Bert Blyleven,.
Conspirata is the second of Robert Harris' trilogy of novels on the career of Marcus Tullius Cicero, as narrated by Cicero's slave and clerk Tiro. Conspirata begins on the eve of Cicero's ascension to the consulship, and ends with his exile from Rome at the...
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For the angry loners, the solitary hermits, the alcoholics, the unemployable... France's sale of Mistral class amphibs is now a done deal. Two will be built in France, potentially two.
From wire reports: "You know thte story about how Frosty came to life, but do you know the story about how he took a wife?"...It is a sordid affair as kidnapping is a felony in the North Pole and he melted away in jail. This...
While I would like to believe the argument made here by Max Bergman, I'm afraid I'm a good deal less optimistic regarding the influence of Heritage: The hard right Heritage.
While I love to see Ohio State fail, this case serves to exemplify the basic absurdity of big college athletics: Five players were found to have sold awards, gifts and.