In Praise of Folly

Many know that America has more individuals in prison, and more prisoners per capita, than anywhere else in the world, though the numbers ar...

It seems insane that we could face another Clinton-Bush Presidential race next year, but that is starting to shape up as a real possibility....

In the last three and a half years, Arsenal have played the new “Big 3” (City, United and Chelsea) 21 times. And they have won exactly 2 tim...

A group of 20 could spend 24-7 reporting on the idiotic and absurd things Republican representative and media personality says on any given ...

The general consensus was that the devastating midterm elections back in November had a fair amount to do with the declining popularity of O...

Today, I thought I would look at a particular article from a right wing online publication, to explore the potential problems with the argum...

An essential feature of media is to provide accurate information to the consumers of that media. That’s a rather obvious point, but given ho...

The fifth film from acclaimed Director Pawel Pawlikowski, Ida is an extraordinary artistic achievement with splendid acting, beautiful cine...

There was hope that the GOP might try to temper their right-wing agenda a little, to try to strike a balance and maybe get some things done ...

Fox News has always had a troubling relationship to the truth. Now they have added a rather fascinating idea of appropriate metaphors. The c...

Wenger has never lost a third round FA Cup tie in his time at Arsenal, and that streak continued today with a 2-0 win over Hull. Arsenal sta...

Actually the story is from a couple of weeks ago, but worth sharing. Not so quiet Orlando, Florida is already famous for having a huge array...

Arsenal headed to Southampton today hoping to get their birthright of fourth place back from the current interloper in that spot, those very...

I have occasionally written on my blog about the death penalty and my strong conviction that it should be forever expunged from American lif...

Arsenal were outplayed for large stretches of a back and forth affair with West Ham but were efficient with their chances in the first half ...

The old notion that youth is wasted on the young appears to be losing resonance in the contemporary world, where the young are succeeding ac...

Arsenal have a good record against QPR and QPR are absolutely abject on the road this season, so it was little surprise that the Gunners fou...

A fascinating poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that information and framing play a huge rule in support for and opposition to the...

By any reasonable measure, this has been a pretty bad year for Hollywood. One could argue this has been the perennial argument for many moon...

Arsenal came into the game against Liverpool on the back of some impressive results, including the 4-1 thumping of a previously hot Newcastl...

I find it amusing when liberals become apoplectic after the latest detestable Dick Cheney statement. It wasn’t so funny when he was essentia...

Eight years ago, Hillary Clinton looked like a lock for the Democratic Presidential nomination. After eight years of Bush, it also looked l...