In Praise of Folly

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

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Battered Woman Syndrome: The Ray Rice Tragedy

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Ray Rice is just the latest example of a professional athlete charged with violence or sexual assault on a woman in the last year or so alo...
Monday, September 08, 2014

Sociopaths Unite!

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In a society where we celebrate sociopaths as great American mythical heroes, from Tony Soprano and Nucky Thompson to Don Draper and the Sei...
Sunday, September 07, 2014

Obama Criticized for Playing Golf ...

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Charles Lane of the Washington Post and Fox News is at it again, providing us with  incisive coverage   about, well, Obama playing too much...
Saturday, September 06, 2014

A Rare Heartwarming Story from Sports

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Reading the sports pages over the past few years, one is more likely to find stories of cheating (Armstrong, A-Rod, Biogenesis, Cilic, et a...
Friday, September 05, 2014

Grading the Transfer Windows of Top Teams in Europe

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A staggering $835 million pounds was spent by the teams in England over the summer transfer window. That follows 760 million pounds last ter...
Wednesday, September 03, 2014

Gun Culture in America

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Tuesday, September 02, 2014

Unionization in America

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With Labor Day just passed, I found these charts on Vox that paint a less than rosy picture of unioni...
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