While Jim Henley and Rob have already dealt with this, this Tom Boswell article linked to be Henley about the DC stadium deal is such a definitive example of the mendacity of MLB and its lickspittles that it deserves its own comment despite my ongoing flu-induced delirium. Why is Boswell so upset? The bits of charred ash […]
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is on full display in this ridiculous piece in the Chronicle of Higher Ed. What is it with Classics professors? He starts off with a little whining about he was given a low passing grade for ignorin
My question for Chris Vance: If King County was hell-bent on “stealing” this election, why didn’t they do it sooner? Why did they reject a higher percentage of ballots than the rest
Tim Noah directs you to the worst gift idea ever. By the way, shouldn’t the signature decrease the value in this case?
Bob Novak on the Capital Gang, discussing the Rumsfeld dust-up: Look, soldiers always complain. That’s just what they do–it’s a way of life for them.
Furthering my time-wasting in this here coffee shop, your easily distracted blogger has been leafing through a several-month old paper copy of The Chronicle of Higher Education left lying around. The
One downside to my decision to replace my Clinton-era, Windows 98, 1/3 chance of crashing when opening a PDF laptop with a spiffy 2004 model is that I can now access the internet at many of the fine coffeeshops that serve as my rotating office. This is, of course, a mixed blessing; if I still […]
When I blasted the Gregoire campaign a few weeks ago for their incompetence, I was primarily thinking of the media and message elements of her campaign. In this week’s Stranger, Sandeep Kaushik
Bob Somerby provides data for one of my hobbyhorses, the egregious underrating of the PAC-10 in college football. Admittedly, I would prefer that he made the point of comparison the Big 10, given that
In the wake of a reference ruling by the Canadian Supreme Court, Parliament will almost certainly pass federal legislation allowing same-sex marriage. Evidently, the news that Canada has far more rational and progressive cultural policies than the United States ain’t news. This development, however, is relevant to American politics in a couple of additional respects: The […]
A few random thoughts continuing what Scott said below. First, everyone should read this Neiwart post at Ornicus. I have little to add to it. Yes, some people used faulty and dangerous reasoning to c
Atrios gets right to the heart of the “people with no power are ruining Democratic foreign policy” thesis: Let me add just one thing: Beinart’s obsession is that it’s the ̶