In Praise of Folly

A look at the absurd world in which we live, through the lenses of popular culture, sports and politics.

Monday, September 24, 2012

Arsenal Grabs Important Draw; Man U Get's a Little Help from a Friend

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Yesterday, the Gunners dominated the first half against Man City and found themselves down 1-0 on poor goalkeeping and a great header from C...
Thursday, September 20, 2012

UCL: Arsenal Wins; Chelsea Doesn't

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A less than impressive 2-1 win for Arsenal at Montpelier still should leave the team happy as they start their Champions League campaign wit...
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Romney and the Culture of Envy

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Have we ever seen a more callous campaign? Of course we have. Have we ever seen a campaign that imploded at this level? Probably. But the re...
Sunday, September 16, 2012

Big Win for Arsenal

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A hugely impressive win yesterday for Arsenal, 6-1 over Southampton at the Emirates. While we should not make too much of a victory over the...
Monday, September 10, 2012

Romney's Bipolarity

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Never has a candidate for president said so much and meant so little. Never has a candidate spoken with two tongues from day to day, or even...
Sunday, September 09, 2012

Tone-Deaf on Education and Unions

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The democratic national convention platform reaffirmed its support for collective bargaining rights, including for teachers. Yet, like the R...
Wednesday, September 05, 2012

Other Hollywood Stars Standing with Eastwood

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Just ran across this list of Hollywood and other stars that are registered Republicans: Buzzfeed . Among them are some disappointing, though...
Tuesday, September 04, 2012

Are we better off?

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On the Sunday talk show circuit this past weekend, the question all the pundits were asking Democrats was "are we better off than we we...
Sunday, September 02, 2012

The Invincibles?

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Just kidding. But the Gunners must feel good after a 2-0 win today over Liverpool (at Anfield) that became our third clean sheet of the thre...
Saturday, September 01, 2012

Report from the GOP Spectacle

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The spectacle that is the Republican National Convention has finally ended. Emblematic of the radical turn the party has taken in recent yea...

Arsenal Gives Finger to Fans Yet Again

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The transfer window has finally shut. We can stop checking every website imaginable, believing the absurd rumors and hoping against hope tha...
Monday, August 27, 2012

Arsenal Yet to Score: 0-0 Stoke

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Arsenal has started the season with two nil-nil draws, seemingly both challenging and reinforcing the narratives going into the season. To s...
Sunday, August 19, 2012

Arsenal Blues ... Are We a Feeder Club?

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After a rather depressing draw yesterday, Wenger announced that Alex Song was also on his way off -- to Barcelona for 15 million pounds. Unl...
Saturday, August 18, 2012

Arsenal .... Disappoint with Some Hope

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Well, a 0-0 draw at home against a less than impressive Sunderland is not the result Gooners were hoping for. There were some bright spots b...
Wednesday, August 15, 2012

RIP RVP

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Well, the news is official. After months of back and forth and one media report after another turning out false, Robin Van Persie has walked...

Liars, Damn Liars and Romney

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Double speak is on a rampage these days, from cheaters calling themselves sex addicts to Romney calling out Obama's campaign as "a...
Sunday, August 12, 2012

True Colors ... Shining Through

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It is hard to pigeonholing what Mitt Romney actually stands for, as he has far surpassed any "flip-flopping" presidential candidat...
Wednesday, August 08, 2012

Liar Liar ... Tax Returns on Fire

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The general tenor of the election is turning increasingly ugly as Romney and his corporate brethren attempt to win arguing for a return to t...
Sunday, August 05, 2012

Arsenal's Summer

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Well, I've been away from the blog for a while. Got busy with school, a novel that's almost finished and a few papers that are curre...
Wednesday, July 11, 2012

A Wellbutrin a Day Keeps the Doctor Flush

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Good news in a recent lawsuit against GlaxoSmithKline, which cost them $3 billion: Slate . Apparently it is but a small dent in their profit...
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