I love football, and I love watching it (Ever been to a college football game? An amazing experience.) but the culture around football is now stupid and brutal. There was a George Will (yeah, I know, I know: I'm a lefty, but I like reading the opposition) article in the Washington Post about how on the 1966 Bear…

Funniest sketch I've seen in I don't know when.

Funniest sketch I've seen in I don't know when.

A Man Escaped

A Man Escaped

Simon's point has always been that journalism is a profession, and that there needs to be a model on the internet where jouranalists can be paid to go and do the myriad of complicated things a journalist does. He's saying that trusting unpaid internet writers to pick up the slack is as absurd as the notion of citizens…

Simon's point has always been that journalism is a profession, and that there needs to be a model on the internet where jouranalists can be paid to go and do the myriad of complicated things a journalist does. He's saying that trusting unpaid internet writers to pick up the slack is as absurd as the notion of citizens…

As they should, for consistency's sake, if not for morality's sake.

As they should, for consistency's sake, if not for morality's sake.

But he mentions "The New Deal", so that implies he has some idea what that is. Maybe he's schizophrenic.

But he mentions "The New Deal", so that implies he has some idea what that is. Maybe he's schizophrenic.

"My heart and soul would really love someone like Reagan or FDR to come
back and give us a New Deal…"

"My heart and soul would really love someone like Reagan or FDR to come
back and give us a New Deal…"

Given Buck Showalter's record, the O's will win the World Series the year after he leaves.

Given Buck Showalter's record, the O's will win the World Series the year after he leaves.

My O's are headed to the playoffs for the first time since 1997. I literally can not believe it.

My O's are headed to the playoffs for the first time since 1997. I literally can not believe it.

What should also be noted is the economic conditions those shows were produced in. Now, with a post-industrial, completely consumer-based economy which is eroding, does anybody honestly think that even the most brilliant of filmmakers/writers/producers could mine any sort of material that would put the COM in Sitcom?…

What should also be noted is the economic conditions those shows were produced in. Now, with a post-industrial, completely consumer-based economy which is eroding, does anybody honestly think that even the most brilliant of filmmakers/writers/producers could mine any sort of material that would put the COM in Sitcom?…

No way would the lyric "We may be ugly, but we have the music" refer to her.