First Kristol, now this.
Author: Robert Farley
Yes. My evidence:What? All of a sudden, won-loss record isn't a fair measuring stick for pitchers? If we're not going to take records into account, what's the new standard?It's sad.
An LGM correspondent sends this:...which reminds me that I need to finish that review of Andrew Gordon's Rules of the Game.
Noting that the War on Christmas has failed once again, I am forced to "enjoy" the "holiday" from sunny San Juan. Some observations from Puerto Rico:Freeway driving is surprisingly pleasant in PR, in no small part because of the lack of semi-trucks. I am curious,...
Mark Hemingway via Yglesias. Guess who he's writing about: His relentless use of folksy aphorisms and corny rhetorical sleight of hand provokes visceral objections — but the criticism isn't merely.
The Groom and the Best Man:The Groom attempts to accelerate the cake cutting process:More here, here, and here.
Some thoughts on this comment thread:DJW is absolutely correct to follow up Matt's condemnation of Dawkins statement on Catholicism. It isn't just illiberal; it's virtually totalitarian. Dawkins is, essentially, arguing that raising children as Catholic is worse than sexually abusing them. Since we all agree...
Tom Scocca, taking Billy Beane hatred to the predictable next level:Or, as Beane says elsewhere in the book [Moneyball]: "Power is something that can be acquired. ... Good hitters develop.
Like Don Douglas, Robert Maranto, and so many other conservatives in academia, I too have suffered the heartbreak of discrimination in the job market. Prior to settling at the University.
Via Gary Farber, the disability-support infrastructure of the United States government seems to be breaking down:More and more people have lost their homes, declared bankruptcy or even died while awaiting an appeals hearing, say lawyers representing claimants and officials of the Social Security Administration, which...
Jorge Castenada, via Drezner:[B]y midweek enough information had emerged to conclude that Chávez did, in fact, try to overturn the results. As reported in El Nacional, and confirmed to me.
The Al-Qasimi family rose to prominence as religious and temporal leaders in the 16th century in what is now northern Yemen. Of the Shi'ite faith, the Al-Qasimi led resistance to.