I'm watching the Lakers-Nuggets game on ESPN. Says commentator Bill Walton, "Kobe Bryant appears to be wearing tights." I'm not sure that wearing tights is fully in accordance with the NBA's… Read More
I have much respect for WNBA star Sheryl Swoopes after her courageous decision to come out this week. As far as I know, she's the first openly gay player on a major American professional spo… Read More
I can't say I'm surprised. Bush took a lot of heat from his own party for his earlier nomination of a moderate Republican, Harriet Miers. (I once heard a Republican Capitol Hill staffer refe… Read More
An article in Time makes it sound like Libby is looking at some nontrivial time in a federal "pound-me-in-the-ass" prison.Tags: Libby, treason, karma Read More
Since I got my cable installed a few weeks ago, watching Faux News has been my guilty pleasure, at least until my blood pressure reaches dangerous levels. Brit Hume once again stepped over t… Read More
The short list of candidates for the Fed chief appointment was a can't-go-wrong set of options. Still, I am relieved that Bush chose one of them--the frontrunner, no less--and not some unqua… Read More
From the official blog of the Columbia College Dems:Naturally, we can always hope that Fitzmas can turn into “Fitzukkah” giving us one indicted felon in the Bush Administration p… Read More
A few weeks ago I purchased a copy of Thorstein Veblen's seminal book The Theory of the Leisure Class, which I've been telling myself, for a couple of years, to read. I haven't gotten around… Read More
From the always politically incorrect Bill Maher:"Karl Rove was not indicted, but he is on the cover of my favorite magazine: Barely Legal."Tags: Karl Rove, Bill Maher Read More
Let's hope so. Ozzie Guillen says he's coming back, and ESPN is quoting free agent Konerko as saying something like, "We want to do it again next year." The White Sox held their celebratory… Read More
As we all know by now, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, has been indicted by federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald. According to an article posted on th… Read More
(I don't get quite as much fan mail as Andrew Sullivan.)Good week for: Democrats from Chicago. The White Sox won the World Series for the first time in 88 years, the U.S. Attorney from Chic… Read More
I may be too excited (and Miller Lite-buzzed) to write anything halfway intelligible or coherent. Anyway, here are a few random thoughts about the White Sox and their first World Series titl… Read More
The rumors were true, and Bernanke has been chosen (it's up on CNN.com as I write). I think President Bush made an excellent choice. More thoughts to follow Read More
I don't know if Scott Podsednik had hit a walk-off home run in the Major Leagues before tonight, and I'm too lazy to look it up. But I'd be surprised if it's not his last walk-off.Anyway, fo… Read More
Controversey is brewing over the National Basketball Association's new dress code for its players. From now on, when players appear at press conferences, show up at the stadium, and so on… Read More
I gotta agree with Kris on this one.Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf, who won six NBA championship rings as the owner of the Chicago Bulls, said that he would gladly trade his six NBA… Read More
Wow. That's all I really have to say. I'm wondering, though, will Mayor Daley sound the air raid sirens like his dad did in 1959? That would be awesome Read More
My Sox just beat the Angels 2-1 in a controversial game that may be remembered as a classic. Replays suggest that the Sox benefitted from a blown call on a dropped third strike in the bottom… Read More
I was arguing with my old friend Kris the other day (he happens to be the proprietor of the blog Nothing Aside, which is worth a visit). We were arguing about the appropriate short-term and… Read More
Not that I really care who wins the Nobel Prize in economics this year... but I would really like to see Paul Krugman win it. I'm not all that familiar with his work aside from a couple of p… Read More
Check out these numbers cited in a CBS online article. Only 37 percent of Americans "approve" of the job Bush is doing--just remember that 37 percent is like one-half of what Clinton's appro… Read More