When I took the occasion of the Mets clinching the NL East to make fun of Jon Papelbon, I wouldn't say I anticipated this: It's not news that Papelbon is a gold-plated asshole. What's amazing is that Matt Williams -- while taking Harper out --...
Author: Scott Lemieux
It was never in doubt! Thanks to the Philadelphia Phillies for trading Jon Papelbon to the Nationals so he could share in their epic collapse. Obviously, Sandy Alderson had one.
As the nation's tanning salons observe a minute of silence, Pareene ties a bow on the Era of Boehner: It was not a distinguished tenure. His meager accomplishments came in.
Who will offer a contrarian defense of Kim Davis? Why, Mr. Stanley Fish, of course: Obviously, these two decisions (and there are many more on either side of the divide) offer different templates for determining how to think about Kim Davis: from the perspective of...
ACA trooferism never dies, it just takes different forms. The President-to-adjunct ratio. Another victim of CTE. The trials of Ed Graff. Against equality of opportunity.
Here's a contemporary equivalent of the frequent porn screenings that took place in the basement of the Supreme Court in the 60s and 70s: It’s hard to picture Supreme Court.
OK, the movie is actually a vanity project mostly financed by the director's own production company. But I would prefer to think of the decision being made by hack production executives in Armani suits: "We really need a new idea." "I'm thinking it's time to...
His famous malapropisms aside, he was one of the greatest catchers on baseball history, and a centerpiece of perhaps the greatest run of team success in MLB history. R.I.P.
The crimes of Volkswagen are far worse than I could have ever possibly imagined: The Volkswagen scandal got a whole lot bigger on Tuesday, when the German car company admitted.
Richard Dawkins is perhaps the most essential public intellectual in the world -- just ask him! He was the first person ever to conclude that God does not exist, and has developed entirely original arguments to make this case. Along with Christopher Hitchens and Sam...
Ben Carson edition. I can't wait for Michael Kinsley's column about how we shouldn't criticize poor Dr. Carson for his comments about how some classes of people should be ineligible.
I loved this detail from a story.