I dunno that you need to defend yourself here. Do we really need to know the backstory of previous allegations of abuse in order to properly understand that “Man travels 95 miles to confront ex-spouse’s new boyfriend over dating ex-spouse” is not something that is OK?

Man, are we lucky Deadspin finally let Albert Burneko write about something other than food. I was waiting all yesterday evening for anyone to provide the proper response to this. I should’ve known that I only needed to wait until Albert stealth-blogged about it in the middle of the night.

Obama issued Executive Order 13491 on January 22, 2009, purporting to ensure proper interrogation techniques so I truthfully am not sure about the veracity of your comment. More importantly, I would not take my previous comment as a ringing endorsement of calling Bush a war criminal, but more of a reminder that under…

I don’t think this was included in the St. Louis Magazine article, but is there any justification for the wild increase in revenues based solely on a new stadium?

The CIA’s torture program probably violated international law, specifically the Geneva Conventions and the UN Convention against Torture. Violators of the Geneva Conventions can be prosecuted for war crimes.

So I don’t follow Jason Whitlock on Twitter, and just happened to hop over to his feed tonight. And before this was posted, he called out Greg for (rightfully) dumping on him, claiming that Craggs and Marchman ghostwrite this stuff for him (which, I suppose, Greg should really take as a back-handed compliment as I…

Trolling people about their paycheck? I didn’t think he could sink lower than losing to Jacksonville.

I found Freedom to be fine and not terrible. I’d start there.

Hi Albert, I’ve been following along with and enjoying your readings of Purity. It’s left me curious: Did you read and enjoy any of Franzen’s previous work?

Modern, pre-colonial, both? How’d you get into that?

Most, if not all, of you seem like well-read, informed individuals. Besides sports, what subjects most interest you, and what media do you consume to learn more about them?