Strongest GOP National Convention in recent memory concludes
Mitt Romney ended the GOP convention last night with a speech and performance that came in well above expectations. It was laced with emotional moments, such as the story of how his father gave his mother a rose every day until the first day he didn’t, when she knew he had passed away. It was also direct and [...]
‘Lawless’ says don’t go messin’ with them country boys
White light, White light goin’ messin’ up my mind… White light, and don’t you know its gonna make me go blind… White heat, aww white heat it tickle me down to my toes… White light, Ooo have mercy while I’ll have it goodness knows. This song plays during the closing credits of Lawless, and if [...]
Are you ready for some (college) football??!!
The thing I love about college football is that it starts right in. While the NFL gives us a fourth week of almost pointless exhibition games in which teams’ only goal is to not get anyone injured, college football starts right in with games that can literally make or break a team’s entire season in [...]
2012 AFC North preview
2012 AFC North Preview In part six of our preseason preview series we take a look at the the AFC North. The AFC North is the NFL’s home of physical football. If as a football fan you don’t make it a point to watch every time the Ravens and Steelers play you are missing out. [...]
’2016: Obama’s America’ tells interesting tale but goes overboard at end
2016: Obama’s America has been quite a successful endeavor for conservative author Dinesh D’Souza and co-writer John Sullivan. At the time of this writing, the film is the sixth-biggest money maker in documentary history and the most financially successful conservative-themed documentary ever. All that despite being on a rather paltry amount of screens until this week. Like D’Souza [...]
Red Sox GM should be Executive of the Year after stunning trade
You would rarely make the case for a GM to be “Executive of the Year” when his team on August 26th is just 61-67–13 games back in the division and nine back in the wild card race–but if I had a vote, Boston’s Ben Cherington would get a good, hard look from me after the stunner [...]
‘Premium Rush’ ain’t a rush, but it’s a solid movie
Okay, maybe it is a rush. I saw it at 10:15 in the morning–a notoriously difficult time between first coffee and liquid lunch to get any sort of rush. I think I’m still right though; it’s just hard to get a rush from a bicycle, as opposed to, let’s say, a racing car or dueling [...]
The Ryan budget is not a serious plan
When it comes to matters relating to fiscal policy, or politics in general, I pride myself on basing my positions on quantitative analysis and sound economic theory. I have obtained an MBA from a top business school, have an ownership stake in two small businesses, and work in the financial sector. By all accounts, Paul [...]
2012 NFC North preview
2012 NFC North Preview In part five of our preseason preview series we turn our attention to the NFC North. The NFC North is one of the premier divisions in football and would be included with the NFC East and AFC North in any conversation about the best overall division in the league. At the top [...]
Politics aside, there was never anything to debate with Strasburg
I found myself caught in one of those typical Washington “inside the beltway” arguments on Tuesday night. Anyone familiar with DC-speak will recognize it.“It starts at the top. These guys didn’t have a plan and now they found themselves caught in a tough situation,” says one of my companions.“No plan? Hardly. They’ve said since the [...]