In Praise of Folly

If we finish outside the top four this season, I think this might be the game we look back upon as a chance really gone by. Joining Man City...

It was an odd Boxing Day in the EPL with Man City, Chelsea and Liverpool all managing a measly point against teams they should have probably...

This question came to me recently after rewatching the entire Indiana Jones series over the course of a few days while sick. While the first...

For most of the away game today against Aston Villa, Arsenal looked lethargic, unmotivated and really, really average. But a penalty in the ...

I am in the midst of reading Patty Smith's Just Kids , detailing in beautiful prose her long, complex relationship with photographer Rob...

So it appears Shrek's short reign as the Candidate elect for the Republican nomination (which lasted about a week or so) appears to alre...

A disappointing loss to Man City 1-0 today, but not the end of the world. I assumed we would drop all three points here, but really did have...

It appears that the Newt affect is already starting to wear off, not surprisingly given his position as one of the key "flip-floppers...

So Newt Gingrich continues to impress with his policy recommendations. The latest -- to privatize Medicare through the popular Medicare Adva...

In a near miracle scenario for him and a nightmare scenario for the rest of us, Newt Gingrich has become the latest GOP frontrunner for the ...

This was not a good week for Manchester City or Real Madrid, two teams that seemed poised to challenge their nearest rivals, the teams that ...

For years, the Democrats would batter each other so badly in the primaries that when the dust settled and a candidate was chosen they were s...

A good game for the Gunners, who played average overall but still pulled out another tough 1-0 victory. This is exactly the kind of game thi...

I've often been slightly baffled by younger friends of mine who would post Facebook updates decrying their work or boss or announcing to...

When one team from Manchester stepped on the pitch today they knew they would need a lot of help from an unlikely source to qualify. The oth...

I should start by stating the obvious -- this was a meaningless game from our perspective. On the other hand, we had the chance to finish th...

In a rather startling admission, a top aide in the Romney campaign argued that political advertising is essentially agitprop and that lying ...

I wrote about this topic a couple of months ago, but it bears repeating after a pathetic couple of weeks for the officials that too often af...

I don't care much about college football and haven't for years. I think one reason, besides having better things to do with my Satur...

The New York Post has never been mistaken for a serious paper, at least among people that actually read, but it is a convenient way to pass ...

One could argue that with a few blips, conservatives have largely controlled the political discourse in America for the past 30 years (if we...

One of the great directors of the past 20 years, too often ignored outside the rarified circles of real cinefiles, is the idiosyncratic Cana...

A great game against a very average opponent with a nice, likable manager who may not yet be ready to lead a premier team to glory (though h...

The backlash against our biggest (remaining) bank's unpunished malfeasance continued with a lawsuit brought by the attorney general of M...

Well, probably not yet, but there are certainly signs that popular unrest could soon be having an effect. From the Occupy Wall Street moveme...

Watching the Carling Cup tie against Man City last night reminded me of so many disappointing matches over the years. We dominated the 2nd h...

I suppose most people have already heard about the raving lunatic from my current home town pepper spraying fellow shoppers at Wal*Mart to c...

Well, just returned from a majestic weekend in Yosemite National Park and caught a couple games and the highlight reels from the weekend. A ...