In Praise of Folly

Arsenal cruised past Newcastle 3-0 at the Emirates yesterday, moving 3 points from guaranteeing fourth place and Champions League football ...

Three quotes from three leading conservatives in the past few days more or less sums up the state of the Grand Ole Party these days … S...

Liverpool stood three games and seven points away from their first title in 24 years – with Chelsea the last significant challenge to their...

It is not surprising to find David Brooks wrong. In fact, it appears to be his bailiwick, or special talent, or preternatural domain – taki...

Arsenal were largely outplayed in the first half of their game against Hull, but some strong goalkeeping by Szczesny, a friendly post and t...

Well not yet … but 42-year-old French economist Thomas Picketty is rocking not only the hallowed halls of the ivory tower but the corridors...

Following up on my post from last week, Believing is Seeing , I wanted to briefly explore what I will call the “new political tribalism” th...

Arsenal won the first of five must win today, beating West Ham at the Emirates 3-1, leaving four EPL games and the FA Cup final to come. Th...

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In a game that had everything from an own goal and two-goal reversal to a red card and late winner, the match at Anfield between Manchester...

Arsenal are through to the FA Cup final by the hair on Mertesacker’s chinny chin chin. After conceding the penalty that put Wigan up in the...

I’ve been meaning to report on this outrageous story for a couple of weeks now, but am just getting around to it. Late last month, Donald Ru...

Two stories in the last few days highlight the continued attacks of the right on education at all levels. In a more general sense, we can l...

Yesterday, I briefly outlined the highlights of the new Ryan budget, which garnered considerable media coverage. One alternative that rarel...

Faust, bored with his life as a highly successful scholar, tried to fool the devil, selling his soul for for unlimited knowledge and worldl...

The documentarian Errol Morris released a book Believing is Seeing: Observations on the Mystery of Photography back in 2011 that had an in...

The time has finally come for Arsenal to say goodbye to Arsene Wenger, hopefully with the dignity of an FA Cup and a hearty thank you to so...

I’ve always enjoyed this clip from the first episode of the HBO series The Newsroom , which provides a pretty strong response to those who...

In good news for big business and conservatives and bad news for democracy, the Supreme Court has again sided with the rich over democracy ...

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When the data is inconvenient, decry it as skewed. This has been the conservative mantra for years – maybe starting way back in the 80s whe...

After the results over the past month and a half, Arsenal can be proud of their gritty 1-1 draw with Man City today. But it was still more ...