In Praise of Folly

Many still love Bill Clinton, but it also clear that part of his legacy was setting us on the path toward the financial crisis of 2008. How?...

Watching the game or looking at the statistics, it seems hard to believe Chelsea actually beat Bayern Munich yesterday. Forty-three shots to...

The average Wall Street banker will never be mistaken for a librarian. They are uber-competitive, short tempered, aggressive and willing to ...

Every quarter I teach a class that in week 5 asks students to keep track of their media/technology usage for 48 hours. The results are start...

Is there any other way to explain the GOP reaction to Obama's bold move last week to advocate for Gay Marriage? The Anxiety of Influence...

The EPL season is now over, though not decided. That won't happen until Chelsea plays Bayern Munich in the Champions League Final on Sat...

The hits just keep on coming with good ole Mitt Romney, who apparently is a first-rate prankster. This includes joking with a state trooper ...

Further evidence that we live in an increasingly polarized political climate is not really news at all. But yet another defeat for a centris...

Results over the weekend bring hope that the neoliberal stranglehold on European political and economic life might be loosening. First, was ...

Coming into play today, it looked like Arsenal would fall out of the all-important third spot that meant Champions League football next year...

Arsenal looked poised to sew up third place a few weeks ago. Then there was a shock defeat to QPR, a loss to Wigan, draws with a seriously d...

One would think the last thing a candidate running for President would do is remind the country of the failed Bush presidency. Au contraire,...

Corporations have long used intellectuals to help improve their technology, learn the psychology of consumers and consumption, improve their...

Romney has responded to a recent Obama campaign ad that touted the capture and killing of Osama bin Laden, claiming Romney wouldn't have...

Trips to the Brittania have often been contentious (none more than the Shawcross-Ramsey leg break two years ago) and rarely lucrative. And t...

As racism continues to rise across the Western world it is little surprise that it has found its way into the world of sports -- a space whe...

Apparently someone forgot to tell Newt Gingrich that his chances of securing the Republican Presidential nomination are long over: Slate . W...

Two articles today hig hlight the worsening prospects for American youth, even those with a college degree. First, an analysis done for the...

Today's nil-nil tie with Chelsea could have been worse, but the reality is we should have won the game. The Blues made eight changes fro...

Seriously? Apparently, Condoleeza Rice is currently leading the way in polls for the vice presidential slot with Romney: FreeP (according t...

Not a good day at the Emirates for the Gunners who gave up two early goals and lost 2-1 to Wigan; as Fergie predicted. The Emirates has been...

It gets tired cataloging the terrible state of refereeing week after week, year after year, but two terrible decisions today played a huge ...

It's been an odd week in the world of English Football. Right after it looked like Man United had sown up the title, they lose 1-0 to W...

In good news for monkeys and gorillas, who are tired of claims that they are in any way related to humans, the Tennessee legislature passed ...