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This is technically a day late; yesterday was a holiday for me and so I didn’t write a question then. You get it now. Hey, you get what you pay for. Anyway, here goes: What happened in 1938, 1953, 1962, 1969,… Continue Reading →

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban was last known in the college football world for trying to set up a playoff system. He certainly had the populist (albeit wrong) side of that argument. However, his latest on conference realignment represents a… Continue Reading →

Doug Mataconis offers a side-by-side comparison of the original theatrical release of the climactic scene in Return of the Jedi when Darth Vader turns away from the dark side, fulfills his destiny as a Sith Lord and kills his own… Continue Reading →

Presented, without further comment, a reference from David Post at Volokh Conspiracy: a lawsuit over the title of a cheesy softcore “romance” novel.

The college football season is upon us. It’s an important year for my alma mater (Aren’t they all? Yeah. But this one particularly so.). Of course, about half of the attention directed at college football has to do with things… Continue Reading →

Texas Governor Rick Perry on James Robison’s “Life Today,” a Christian evangelical television program, on May 5, 2011, titled “Godly Leadership”: I think we’re in a time of great revival in this world. And I know there’s a lot of… Continue Reading →

Following in the wake of George Clooney, who seemed to feel it necessary to explain why he would not try to be a Democratic Ronald Reagan (not that I’d heard of much interest in him as a politician), I too… Continue Reading →

So it seems that in Philadelphia, you can park in a no-parking zone if you’re attending services at select downtown churches and put a placard stating as much in your car’s windshield. Comments at a popular atheist website suggest that… Continue Reading →

Nearly four years ago, an old blogbuddy and sporadic poster here noted that the Republican party in its current incarnation could be divided up into three factions: Jesus! Bombs! and Money! (My objection to the Jesus! Bombs! Money! nomenclature that… Continue Reading →

Not unlike last week, what is it that these U.S. cities lack? Quite unlike last week, the correct answer is not “NFL franchises.” In descending order of population as measured in the 2010 census, the cities which lack [the answer… Continue Reading →