March 2011
9 posts
“In addition to not plunging needlessly into another country’s civil war, the...”
– Eunomia
“None of the causes of WWII can be found in the Spanish Civil War. What is...”
– Daniel Larison at Eunomia
“we also withstood the tide in both the US and Europe for elevating experts to...”
– spiked: still pointed after all these years | spiked
Happy Birthday to Spiked-Online!
Bill Simmons: Greed is good in NFL labor talks -... →
Just an excellent column on the position of NFL owners heading into negotiations with the player’s union.
February 2011
7 posts
“Madoff, 72, is in prison with a sentence of 150 years, which seems more than...”
– An Interview With Bernie Madoff — New York Magazine
“More than just” here is supposed to be “just.” Instead the sentence implies that 150 years was more years than justice would demand.
New York has lost of lot of editors recently.
“We said in October that we expected to have a short-term liquidity issue. To...”
– Major League Baseball gave Mets owners a $25M short-term loan in November as Madoff scandal loomed
A couple of months, yeah, when we find some idiot to give us $250 million, then we can pay back MLB. If I were in the Mets employ, I’d be checking to see if the direct deposit was landing.
“You might remember LeBron and Carmelo getting excoriated for stabbing their...”
– Bill Simmons: Who made the grade at the NBA trading deadline? - ESPN
“On a battlefield filled with distinctive sounds—the concussive WHUMP of...”
– In Defense of the .50 Caliber Round | The Awl
“There is no knowing how or why dread comes on a parent. Of course many times...”
– from page 75 of East of Eden by John Steinbeck.
