Remember, Chait is a HUGE charter school backer (I also believe his wife works for one) and as he is from Michigan (home of Betsy DeVos and, not coincidentally, the most profit-driven / rapacious / anti-worker charter schools in the nation) and frequently speaks out against their publicly-funded counterpart,…

Ha! Appointing one person as a member of a 15-member transition team is “flooding her administration with corporate interests.”

By that reckoning, she’s “flooding” her team with scientists who helped stop the Flint Water crisis, as Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha is also a member.

Also “flooding” the field is Barbara McQuade,…

Eh...does expanding to 32 make a lot of sense considering baseball has peaked in popularity (and thus essentially in revenue)? How much would the entry fee be to make up for this increased pie-splitting — $500 million? $1 billion?

And why does Tampa Bay have a lock on a team? Can’t they be moved to Montreal or…

What’s funny, is if I had to name one women’s player most likely to hit a screaming forehand directly at someone on, say, a bad drop shot, it would be Stephens. Seemingly every match I watch her in big tourneys, she does it at least once. Part of what makes her very good is she is aggressive.

Plus, did her opponent…

Well, it’s certainly better than the new Belle & Sebastian.

Two things about this awful story (well-detailed by the Observer) to me:

- There is enough information already to get this frat banned and kicked off campus (the drinking and the hazing). Hopefully that will happen.

- It will be quite difficult for the Novaceks to win their case. That’s really unfortunate, as the story…

The more I think about this new rule, the more bothered I get.

It is turning yet another part of football into the “Calvin Johnson” rule — is it catch? Did he complete the process? Is it a sack? Did he avoid landing with too much of his body on the QB?

Coincidentally, I was reading a preview of a college football game a…

Yes, this list appearing now is a bit weird — about two weeks ago, I started to introduce my kids to the original Looney Tunes after I found a 5-disc DVD package I had bought a decade-plus ago. It’s been fun, and an eye-opener.

First, Bugs is an amazing character. Not only is he hilarious, but he does so many WTF…

Yes, it’s always been a bit strange how Speedy is considered in the media world. He’s the hero; he’s clever; he’s fast; he gets stuff done. As you pointed out, he seems to be quite popular in the Latino community.

Is this a case of white people overcompensating for any character that portrays a minority with exaggerated…

Man, Rod Rosenstein had time to pull the strings to get this lawsuit filed yesterday, all the while indicting multiple Russian assets?

The deep state is efficient!

Absolutely! Beyond what my own eyes are telling me just looking at the guy, that’s part of my point. Unfortunately, it’s not just white people that are afraid of black people (especially black men), and will use state resources (e.g., the police) to put things back in “order.”

This is going to be long-term problem,…

Is this a white guy, though?

This is just a guess, obviously, but if I had to put money on this person’s heritage, I would go with someone from the Middle East (which could mean they are Arab, Persian, Turkish — a bunch of things).  This doesn’t look like your standard, European extraction, white dude.

I am sure the…

I did read your post.

- You said “Well, it’s only a week”; your own boss points out it is much longer than that. Plenty of others, who are not working for Penskie, point out it is even longer.
- You slam it for “being a dump” — that is no longer the case, and the Grand Prix, as I pointed out, is not the main reason.…

The part of the park dedicated to the race is only really locked out to the public for roughly one week around race weekend. I have no idea where you’re getting this 3 month time frame.

Tepper says he’s contractually obligated to keep Jerry Richardson statue where it is.

Based on the recent Rueben Foster situation, the Bills will need to wait this out a bit and see what can be confirmed. For example, I’ve read a few stories on this and I haven’t even seen a police report yet.

In cases like this, authorities much higher than Roger Goodell need to get involved, as whoever did this…

I am far from a card-carrying member of the soccer elite, but I do watch the World Cup regularly for the pageantry, athleticism, and nationalism.

And coincidentally, this column comes literally days after I realized during the Russia-Croatia match that this announcer was bugging the heck out of me all tournament. Goals…

Like Confederate Statues, they must continue to be maintained to honor the history of the racists they inspired.

You have to admit, they could have at least gone into a bit of detail about how the mountains of Sochi were where Joseph trained his grandson, Roy Stalin, about the finer points of being a ski team captain and overseeing ski team tryouts. 

Those mountains are made of pure snow, after all.

Oh sure. I have no doubt they had to sign an agreement to film there; heck, I wouldn’t be shocked that the Russian govt had approval rights before it was broadcast.