The thing is, “Washington Redskins” is an institution in DC that many of them grew up with. What people hear when you say, “this name is racist and needs to be changed,” is not “let’s work together for a brighter, more equal tomorrow,” but, “something you identify strongly with is racist and your positive experiences…

I love a good political muckrake as much as the next guy, but come on. A far simpler explanation is that her whole stance about the name hasn’t proven popular with the large number of black Washingtonians who grew up with team and who, rightly or wrongly, don’t see much problem with name. These voters are her base,…

I could maybe see a new stadium deal with a secret or informal clause to reduce the use of “Redskins” or to change the name, but in that case Snyder won’t do anything and deny such an agreement ever existed. DC politicians are dumb enough to fall for this, though, so perhaps it’s a bit credible.

I think it’s more than that - as long as this dominates the off-season sports headlines, people aren’t talking about any of the actual fucked up shit that players are involved in - whether that’s concussions, drugs, domestic violence, dogfights or murder, that actually makes the NFL look bad by association. As long as…

Ronda, for all the shit you get for being a woman or being American or being the champ, I have to say you’re the most impressive combat sport competitor I’ve ever seen. Rock on.

In short: yes, it was intractable. It was possible to estimate longitude, but only very crudely, by using lunar charts, but due to the complexity of the moon’s apparent motion it wasn’t very precise. When it was overcast at night or one a month for the new moon you couldn’t do anything. If you could fix your position…

To be fair, sidecars are kickass.

It’s not sacrilege but the melting ice will water down the drink as time goes by. If you’re the type that quickly drains your whiskey sour or what have you before that happens, sidecars may not be the drink for you.

Finally! The sidecar is such an easy, classic drink, yet one of the best, and one of the hardest to screw up. You should mention that there are two major schools of thought with the sidecar, the American, with a 3:3:8 (or sometimes 2:2:5) ratio of lemon juice, triple sec, and cognac, and the French, which is 1:1:1. I…

When you get the chair everything in your ass explodes out anyway, so they’re not going to stop just because that might happen before they pull the lever.

Tyson pretty clearly has some kind of mental problems, and for all his violence and aggression, he never really tried to justify his bad behavior. Mayweather says that women need him to beat them. And, also, Mayweather has enough friends in high places to stay out of prison.

Getting that first job can be a bitch, though. If you aren’t going to a top-tier, aren’t in a rich fraternity, and aren’t doing cool internships, it kind of ends up that grad school or shitty jobs are your only options because no one takes “critical reading and writing skills” seriously on a CV. Even for writing…

Um, duh?

The IOC’s corruption is much less systematic and involves a much smaller amount of money in general. They’re really bush league by comparison.

I think you’re selling smaller national federations short - those people don’t want a corrupt federation either, but as with fans and FIFA itself they are powerless to change anything. Actually, in a sense they’re even worse off because their own leagues and players aren’t worth enough money to be viable independently…

Wonder-Man = Super Charlie Brown

The funny thing is, teen parties only cross the line to real danger because all the parental rules mean they’ll get in trouble if they actually are honest. Part of this is a public policy problem - punishments for parents who condone underage drinking - but most of it is cultural. I lived in Germany for a while and I…

Hippos are known to kill enraged big cats a lot more often than vice versa.

Too many people equate activity with competence. Chip Kelly was making all these trades that made no sense but some fans believed that meant he had a plan and were willing to trust. Of course he probably did/does have a plan, but that doesn’t mean it’s a good one. Napoleon had a plan for conquering Russia, after all.

This has to just be a publicity stunt by the Yankees, right? Like if you really don’t want to pay him the bonus, you just bench him or get rid of him. The only reason you play him is if you want controversy to erupt and you dominate the sports news cycle.