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February 2nd, 2011 · No Comments · AR, Politics, Sports

Bill Maher had an excellent piece during the “New Rules” section of last week’s Real Time about how the popularity of the NFL, particularly relative to Major League Baseball, proves the merits of socialism over unrestrained capitalism.  It’s such a good idea for a column, it makes me wish that I had thought of it. [...]

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Tying the Pirates to Electoral Politics

July 22nd, 2009 · 2 Comments · AR, Politics, Sports

As a lifelong Pirates fan, I think I kind of understand what it must be like to be a post-George Bush Republican. While the Republicans four year electoral losing streak pales in comparison to the 16 (soon to be 17) straight losing seasons of the Pirates, there are similarities: incompetent leadership, the loss of casual [...]

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