Fredi Gonzalez New Braves Manager
As widely rumored, Fredi Gonzalez has been hired to manage the Atlanta Braves, following the retirement of the beloved Bobby Cox.
Chris Christie Kills Hudson Rail Project
New Jersey’s governor has killed a vital infrastructure project because of huge cost overruns. It’s penny wise and pound foolish.
Should Universities End Football?
Boston University and Northeastern have found that there is life after football. Shouldn’t most schools follow their lead?
The Godfather Presidency
One Republican analyst thinks that President Obama could learn a few leadership lessons from Vito and Michael Corleone. In order to do that, though, the President would need to stop acting like the weakest of the Corleone brothers.
All Republicans are RINOs (and all Democrats are DINOs).
Party labels are just names, as such all Republicans are Republicans in name only.
Whites-Only Class President Rule Ends at Mississippi School
A rule allowing only white students to run for class president at a Mississippi middle school has been quickly changed after the Internet brought attention to it.
College Athletics Losing Money
Despite raking in billions of dollars in television, ticket, and licensing revenues, all but 14 of the 106 schools in the NCAA’s top athletic division lost money in 2009. The median loss was over $10 million.
Geography and the American Military
The Army and its officer corps are becoming increasingly Southern and rural. Is this a bad thing? If so, what can we do about it?
Alabama Students Fight Mandatory Meal Plans
Should universities be able to force students to buy meal plans for the cafeteria? Alabama students are suing to end the practice.
Gay Marriage Politics State-By-State
That attitudes towards gay marriage varies by state won’t surprise you. The degree to which it does just might.
Against the Electoral College I: Disparity Amongst Citizens
The first in a multi-part series on the Electoral College.
Hezbollah Right Across the Rio Grande (or Something Like that)
Not only is Hezbollah taking up with the cartels, they appear to have a massive new geography-bending technology. As such, we are all doomed.
Why American Kids Don’t Know History
A lot of Americans don’t know that the US gained its independence from Great Britain. How can this be? Is it a liberal conspiracy?
Elena Kagan, Jeff Sessions Spar Over Harvard Military Recruiting Issue
The testiest exchange during today’s hearings in the Senate came when Jeff Sessions tried to confront Elena Kagan over military recruiting at Harvard Law School, and failed miserably.
Radically Misdiagnosing the Problem (Jan Brewer and Illegal Immigration)
Are the majority of illegal immigrants drug-runners? Arizona Governor Jan Brewer thinks so.
Waiving the Jones Act
Should Obama waive restrictions on international shipping, as Bush did during Katrina? It’s more complicated than you may think.
