Will be hard to watch him in a Yankees uniform, although it would hurt more if he could still play. And since it's pretty clear that I will be winning my hedge bet with Howard as the Yankees have a commanding lead, I can't even...
Month: July 2012
I don't care how good a deal it is, or that Ichiro is barely a replacement level outfielder. It breaks my heart. The Yankees have acquired Ichiro Suzuki for RHPs.
I essentially concur with Ed Kilgore. That said, I understand some of the ambivalence expressed by Emily Bazelon. Certainly, this should be primarily considered a matter for criminal and civil.
Friday a federal judge ruled that because "the [employment and salary] statistics provided by Cooley and other law schools in a format required by the ABA were so vague and incomplete as to be meaningless," those statistics "could not reasonably be relied upon." Therefore anybody...
UNITE-HERE has launched a campaign to boycott Hyatt Hotels. The primary reason is the very bad working conditions to which it subjects its housekeeping staff. Here's 10 reasons why: 1..
The American justice system--where rapists who shared the pictures of the woman they raped with friends can get off with a slap on the wrist and the outraged young woman.
The Martin O'Malley for president in 2016 train picks up steam. Official Beltway approval! If David Brooks writes a column about him soon, you know he's the golden child.
Shorter Verbatim Amity Shlaes: 'There will be objections [to my cockamamie idea that federal taxes should be collected by the states], of course. The first is that states’ collecting the.
Matt Duss and Jamie Fly debate assassinations:
There's absolutely no reason to write a post dissecting the shortcomings of Dark Knight Rises in security analysis terms. Nevertheless (spoilers etc): A cursory glance at FM 3-24 would have indicated to Bane et al that the project of managing a city of 12(?) million...
It was the only way to be sure. Apparently PSU signed off on all this (I guess they were made an offer they couldn't refuse). The pseudo-lawyer in me says.
Remarkable piece by Jeff Passan on the horrendously sleazy underbelly of Dominican baseball and its exploitation of young children.