It’s not even the impossibility of imaging an alternative to capitalism, it’s imaging a slightly different version of the capitalism we have today.

What strikes me is how many of the same people that regularly decry the dangers and evils of SOCIALISM — which they usually conflate with COMMUNISM in that they think everybody will get the same paycheck — and then without batting an eye will whine about how paying college athletes will ruin everything and would be a…

And on that day when he is named former president, millions will cheer.

Don’t ever get get in an accident in that thing!

boosting the longevity of interior parts by 50% requires an investment in new material composition and design

My apology was not an apology at all, but instead, yet another poorly thought out, base, and immature attempt at humor.

I have lived in this part of the world.  In the “summer” (essentially March-October) even walking at a slow pace is uncomfortable.  The heat combined with humidity is really unlike anything most people have ever experienced.  There is no location in America which even comes close.  Think of 120 or more degrees and…

counterpoint: the fat IAAF check cleared, so as far they are concerned it was a tremendous idea

So let me see if I have this straight. Running a marathon in one of the hottest places on earth turned out to be a bad idea. I guess there really wasn't any way for them to see that coming.  

First hint that staging an outdoor marathon in Dubai was a bad idea:

Sounds like perfect weather for a prestigious quadrennial soccer tournament!

Imagine 1) claiming the dough for a pizza doesn’t matter and then 2) claiming the best pizza comes from the Midwest.

Infield shift has been around (in even more extreme forms than you see today) for over 70 years. It’s just part of baseball.

This was the Easterbrookism that got me...

I didn’t know what to make of this when I first saw the trailer (the title still makes me think of the name of a minivan), but the more good reviews come in, the more I’m looking forward to it. I’m seeing it on Thursday night in Dolby Cinema. Almost opted for IMAX, but their chairs are smaller. Daddy needs a recliner.

There are administration jobs, which are tied to whomever the current president is, and there are federal jobs, which are the worker-bee heroes that keep our government working regardless of who is in charge. I would encourage anyone to take a federal job if they could get it, even if Trump is shutdown-happy. It’s a…

I checked out the website, too. Yeah, she has serious bona-fides.

This headline is demonstrably false. I live in an area with one of the highest percentages of immigrant residents in the country and I am fat as shit because there are literally hundreds of restaurants offering dozens of different types of food all within a couple miles of where I’m typing this from. So not everyone…

Not here to defend the north but some of the success the south has over the north in these statistics MIGHT be due to a higher population (per capita) of African Americans. African Americans in Georgia, for example, represent nearly 30% of the population. White people can be as racist as they want but as a large…

They all frustrate me. I enjoy the “station” idea, because it forces me to listen to new stuff, but the tech still leaves a lot to be desired. If I create a 70s station on Pandora I don’t want modern tunes. If I have an upbeat station for bluegrass I don’t want sad songs. The classical music selection usually kind of…