There is of course no serious controversy over the Al Cy Young award this year, although since our blog is the home of some commenters who are slightly bigger (although far, far less annoying) White Sox homers than Hawk Harrelson, I guess I have to briefly explain why. (While we’re here, said homers have been […]
Month: August 2014
Thrillist ranks the states by beer. A few assorted thoughts: 1) This is a pretty good list, all things considered. 2) I’m not quite enough of a Washington homer to seriously dispute the top 3. (
Jimmy Carter may have been well to the right of the Democratic majority in Congress and tried to create policy from such an untenable position. Bill Clinton may have signed NAFTA, created Don’t
I figure there is more than 0 interest in watching Michael Sam sack professional “bro” Johnny Manizel on loop.
We all know how much white conservatives opposed school busing. The most famous case was in Boston, when Louise Day Hicks became famous saving south Boston from the horrors of white kids going to scho
Gentle reader, In order to enhance your user experience, I’ve been fiddling with the social media buttons all morning. I’ve finally settled on Sociable, with the result at the bottom of th
I love that everyday Bulgarian citizens are painting over remaining Soviet-era monuments to reflect their own feelings at the time and I equally love that the Russians are really getting upset about it.
Here’s a thoughtful, persuasive argument about how to evaluate scholars who engage in public debates: What most upset me about the 101 Professors volume and still does — I don’t know everyon
Obviously these are not kind of Jews Elie Wiesel or Bibi Netanyahu want speaking out: Hundreds of Holocaust survivors and descendants of survivors have signed a letter, published as an advertisement i
Sadly, the University of Illinois, after two meetings of the Board of Trustees, has decided to stick with the firing of Stephen Salaita for his anti-Israel war on Gaza positions as stated on Twitter. We’ve had several posts here about this case and as we’ve expressed, this is an outrageous attack on the free speech […]
Today’s reminder that Daniel Patrick Moynihan was awful: Even some Democrats seem to think that Mr. Gore’s attacks occasionally go over the top…Today Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a N
Here’s a helpful list of common grifts, provided by the Inspector General of the Department of Defense. For example: Fictitious Vendor: In a weakly controlled environment, an employee with procu