The Atlanta Braves have, in one form or another, been playing baseball since 1876. Indeed, in their Boston incarnation the Braves franchise has been playing since 1871, although the National Association is generally not referred to as a Major League. The early Boston franchise was very...
This is the sixth of an eight (but probably just seven) part review series of the Patterson Summer Reading List.1. Colossus, Niall Ferguson2. Illicit, Moises Naim3. The End of Poverty,.
Godspeed to Jamie Moyer. He was well worth the price of Darren Bragg...
Shorter various blogospheric wingnuts: the government's appalling lack of racism gives people no recourse but to take racism into their own hands....UDPATE: via Roy, I see that Glenn Reynolds concurs that the racist harassment of the passengers is explained by "excessive political correctness on the part...
The United States made a very late entrance into the battlecruiser game. The reasons for this are unclear; the Royal Navy built the world's first battlecruiser in 1908, with the.
This is the sixth of an eight part review series of the Patterson Summer Reading List.1. Colossus, Niall Ferguson2. Illicit, Moises Naim3. The End of Poverty, Jeffrey Sachs4. The World.
Admittedly, I can't oppose to making fun of Slappy Rodriguez for hitting into yet another inning-ending double play with Beckett in the ropes. It should not be forgotten, however, that also crucial to bailing Beckett out was the fact that Saint Derek--after Beckett, who's gotten hammered...
It must be said that Jacqueline Mackie Paisley Passey is--as has been widely noted--a real find, the most hilariously oblivious libertarian crank to emerge in quite some time. (Amber Pawlik,.
Friday Cat Blogging... Nelson and Starbuck
Roxanne directs us to this excellent story in the L.A. Times about reporter Gary Webb. Webb , who committed suicide in 2004, wrote a series of stories about the CIA's connections with Nicaraguans who were dealing drugs north of the border. What followed his reporting was...
Ah, nothing better than a consequential August doubleheader. Well--something could be better; the Red Sox could be starting a major league pitcher instead of Jason Johnson. I actually had a.
Longtime readers will know that I have my own disagreements with the solipsistic assumption of some members of the legal academy that the quality of the legal craftsmanship of judicial.