Although Matt is wrong about baseball he is right about Bonds. I've avoided writing about steroids because my position is "who gives a shit?" Even leaving aside the fact that nobody knows how much they improve performance in a complex, multi-dimensional sport in which skill and...
Above: Harry Reid (D-NV, #5)I can't add much (aside from an obscure reference to my favorite non-baseball team evah to cheer me up a little) to to the analysis of.
The war's most enduring organ-grinder is gettin' his Friedman on today, declaring once again that Bush's war has reached a turning point, and that Americans are slowly -- to the.
This post by Greg Djerejian on the now legendary O'Hanlon/Pollack op-ed is really indispensable; Greg takes them to task on their lack of hard evidence, reliance on impression, and apparent belief that the Iraq they saw on tour is representative of Iraq as a whole. He...
Gaius Verres was not, by the accounts we have left, a decent human being. Governorship of a Roman province came with certain prerogatives, including the expectation that the governor would.
More evidence in the British Medical Journal.
I suspect a lot of folks who never considered taking the train before found themselves momentarily curious to hear that Amtrak was offering $100 in free booze for passengers on certain long-distance routes. Alas, like nearly everything in this life, the offer sounds better than it...
I must admit, seeing the camera pan around Wrigley Field before the game made me wish I was at Yearly Kos (well, I wouldn't have been at Yearly Kos now.
News today of a new study that demonstrates that young single women living in big cities earn more than their male counterparts. This of course stands in stark opposition to.
Ah, I believe we would have here our wanker of the day. I also note that 1)the money made by hedge fund managers is clearly compensation not capital gains, and 2)taxing capital gains at lower rates is stupid anyway. Oh, and hedge funds are on average...
Following up on Bean's excellent analysis from earlier this week, Lindsay notes the shifts in language in the way the story was covered, and brings us to the obvious bottom.
UPDATE: Matt Sanchez reports that Beauchamp's Brigade Combat Team has issued a report indicating that Beauchamp's stories have been "proven false". Sanchez hasn't given any citation for this report thus.