As a black man, let me tell you, black woman, to sit down. Because you are talking the kind of “who is black” nonsense Rodney Harrison just engaged in.

People with resources are the only ones in position to do anything about any wrong. This has always been the case. The Founding Fathers were the Forbes 400 members of their time (Washington, Gouvernor Morris) and part of the chattering classes (Franklin and Jefferson). The abolitionist movement of the 19th century…

It’s actually an insult to Kentucky. There’s easily more sophistication on one block in Louisville than in the whole of Pittsburgh.

Well, Cab Calloway, Andy Warhol, and Mary Cassat left Pittsburgh when they realized they could do better. So you have a point.

Wellington won’t care because he’s rotting in the grave like old beef. Other than that, I like your thinking.

Don’t forget Majestic Reality boss (and L.A. Kings owner) Ed Roski, who managed to make one Los Angeles suburb, City of Industry, into a taxpayer-subsidized arm of his company (http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2000/10…

I would say the Charters haven’t been competent since Bobby Beathard came to San Diego from the Redskins. Butler doesn’t deserve have the credit anyone gives him.

Exactly. This is business. Bosa is doing nothing different than what the Chargers is doing for itself: Looking after the bottom line and future-proofing from events out of his control. Anyone who runs a business as I do appreciates that because I do this every day. Better to walk away from a high-dollar bad deal than…

I would’ve felt your pain. Except I can’t. Because I’m a Redskins fan — and our craptastic and bigoted team has championships.

This WYTS was enjoyable. Because it is a reminder that a Redskins fan can count the three Super Bowl titles and two NFL championships while a Vikings Fan like Drew must settle for zero and one (which counts for none anyway, because Super Bowl).

Have to say that I love the handle. Reminds me of the 1992-1993 Blue Jays. Yay, Blue Jays!

That situation was befitting of the team’s former name, the Bullets.

At least you’re not a Knicks fan as I am and have to consider that a rapist is on your team’s roster. [Shame.]

Pretty much. In a developmental system, a kicker can spend a few weeks or a year getting his stuff together. This also holds true for quarterbacks (RGIII), and other players. The benefits to the teams are enormous in the long term, though costly upfront. Which is why the NFL will never take such a direction.

Basically, the market is cyclical. As Patrick noted in First Gear, cars produced from the 1950s to 1979 (the equivalent of mid-century modern homes in the housing market) are still selling at a brisk pace. This tells me that there is less demand for cars produced before 1950, and those cars (Dusenbergs and Talbot…

Gear Two and Three: No shock that VW had to bow down to the suppliers. They already know that they will generate lower revenues because of VW’s bed-shitting. Taking price cuts on top of lower volume is just insult on injury. If you are a VW supplier, you would rather keep the same prices and accept the lower volume…

Lots of people do. Especially those who come from lower-class backgrounds who have made it to the middle and affluent classes, the vehicles are signs to everyone else they know from home that they “made it”. This changes over time: The longer you are in the middle and affluent classes, the more you will switch from…

This reality is why Mazda is doing so well so far. It can play the stepping stone role between Honda and Toyota (low-cost, fully-loaded, yet burdened by the low-cost reputations of those badges), and BMW/Lexus/Mercedes/Acura (high-end, high-priced, and in the case of the Germans, won’t stay out of the shop beyond the…

You just realized that?

Not to me. For one: We all do crazy things with our money. I spent $400 on a mechanical watch that only tells time when I could have taken that dough and bought 10 Casios that do the same thing and more. Or bought a new laptop that also tells time.